مخزن

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from خَزَنَ‎ (ḵazana, “to store”), from the root خ ز ن‎ (ḵ-z-n). Compare Hebrew מחסן‎.

Noun

مَخْزَن • (maḵzan) m, plural مَخَازِن‎ (maḵāzin)

storeroom, storehouse
depository
stockroom, storage room
depot, warehouse
store, shop, department store
- الْمَخْزَن‎ (al-maḵzan, “makhzen, the Moroccan government”)
- مَخْزَن الْعَفْش‎ (maḵzan al-ʕafš, “trunk (boot) of an automobile”)
- مَخْزَن أَدْوَيَّة‎ (maḵzan ʔadwayya, “drugstore (chemist’s)”)

Declension

Declension of noun مَخْزَن (maḵzan)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْزَن maḵzan	الْمَخْزَن‎ al-maḵzan	مَخْزَن maḵzan
Nominative	مَخْزَنٌ maḵzanun	الْمَخْزَنُ‎ al-maḵzanu	مَخْزَنُ maḵzanu
Accusative	مَخْزَنًا‎ maḵzanan	الْمَخْزَنَ‎ al-maḵzana	مَخْزَنَ maḵzana
Genitive	مَخْزَنٍ maḵzanin	الْمَخْزَنِ‎ al-maḵzani	مَخْزَنِ maḵzani
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخْزَنَيْن‎ maḵzanayn	الْمَخْزَنَيْن‎ al-maḵzanayn	مَخْزَنَيْ‎ maḵzanay
Nominative	مَخْزَنَانِ‎ maḵzanāni	الْمَخْزَنَانِ‎ al-maḵzanāni	مَخْزَنَا‎ maḵzanā
Accusative	مَخْزَنَيْنِ‎ maḵzanayni	الْمَخْزَنَيْنِ‎ al-maḵzanayni	مَخْزَنَيْ‎ maḵzanay
Genitive	مَخْزَنَيْنِ‎ maḵzanayni	الْمَخْزَنَيْنِ‎ al-maḵzanayni	مَخْزَنَيْ‎ maḵzanay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخَازِن‎ maḵāzin	الْمَخَازِن‎ al-maḵāzin	مَخَازِن‎ maḵāzin
Nominative	مَخَازِنُ‎ maḵāzinu	الْمَخَازِنُ‎ al-maḵāzinu	مَخَازِنُ‎ maḵāzinu
Accusative	مَخَازِنَ‎ maḵāzina	الْمَخَازِنَ‎ al-maḵāzina	مَخَازِنَ‎ maḵāzina
Genitive	مَخَازِنَ‎ maḵāzina	الْمَخَازِنِ‎ al-maḵāzini	مَخَازِنِ‎ maḵāzini

Descendants

Andalusian Arabic: مَخْزَن‎ (maḵzan, al-maḵzan), مَخَازِن‎ (maḵāzin, plural)
- → Catalan: magatzem
- → Portuguese: armazém
- → Ladino: magazen
- → Spanish: almacén
  - → Guaraní: almasẽ
Maltese: maħżen
→ Italian: magazzino (via plural form مَخَازِن‎ (maḵāzin)) (see there for further descendants)
→ Turkish: mahzen