خزينة

See also: خزینه‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ز ن‎ (ḵ-z-n), likely from the same Iranian circle like كَنْز‎ (kanz) from Old Median *ganǰəm (“treasure, treasury”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.ziː.na/

Noun

خَزِينَة • (ḵazīna) f, plural خَزَائِن‎ (ḵazāʔin)

  1. treasury, closet (room where valuables are stored)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Middle Armenian: խազնայ (xaznay), խազինայ (xazinay)
  • → Georgian: ხაზინა (xazina) (possibly via Persian)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خزینه‎ (hazine), خزنه‎ (hazne)
  • → Persian: خزینه‎ (xazine)
  • → Swahili: hazina
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