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Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

مَخْزَن (maḵzanm (plural مَخَازِن (maḵāzin))

  1. storeroom, storehouse
  2. depository
  3. stockroom, storage room
  4. depot, warehouse
  5. store, shop, department store

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Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan, storehouse, depot, warehouse). Doublet of مغازه (mağaza, store room).

Noun edit

مخزن (mahzen) (plural مخازن (mahazin))

  1. storehouse, magazine, a building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions
    Synonym: انبار (anbar)
  2. (agriculture) granary, a storage facility for grain or, sometimes, animal feed
    Synonym: انبار (anbar)

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Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian مخزن (maxzan), from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَخْزَن (maxzanm (Hindi spelling मख़ज़न)

  1. a repository
  2. warehouse; granary; armoury
  3. a thesaurus
  4. a periodical; magazine
  5. stomach (the crop of a bird)

Declension edit

Declension of مخزن
singular plural
direct مَخْزَن (maxzan) مَخْزَن (maxzan)
oblique مَخْزَن (maxzan) مَخْزَنوں (maxzanō̃)
vocative مَخْزَن (maxzan) مَخْزَنو (maxzanō)

Further reading edit

  • مخزن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مخزن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مخزن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.