hanout

French
Des haouanet
Un hanout

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَانُوت‎ (ḥānūt) and its plural حَوَانِيت‎ (ḥawānīt). Specifically, from Moroccan Arabic in its “shop” slang sense, and from all of Moroccan Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, and Algerian Arabic according to the countries where Frenchmen pursued archaeology.

Noun

hanout m (plural haouanet)

  1. (archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum
    Synonyms: hypogée, tombe rupestre
  2. (slang) shop, store
    • 2017, Elh Kmer (lyrics), “Gustavo”, in Indépendant:
      Il est bientôt minuit, les frérots ont soif
      Dix balles d'essence, on passe chez l’hanout
      Se recharger en clopes, feuilles, Poliakov
      La soirée sera un cocktail Molotov.
      It's midnight soon, the bros are thirsty
      Ten euros piss, we pass by the milk bar,
      To refill on blems, papers, Poliakov
      The evening’s gonna be a Molotov cocktail.
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