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Des haouanet
Un hanout

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic حَانُوت (ḥānūt) and its plural حَوَانِيت (ḥawānīt). From Maghrebi Arabic in its “shop” slang sense, itself from Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ) and Aramaic חָנוּתָא/ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /a.nut/, /ħɛ.nuːt/, /ħe.nuːt/

Noun edit

hanout m (plural haouanet)

  1. (archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum
    Synonyms: hypogée, tombe rupestre
  2. (slang) shop, store
    • 2017, “Gustavo” (1:34 from the start), in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant[1]:
      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.