hanout
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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
Noun edit
hanout m (plural haouanet)
- (archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum
- (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.
- It's midnight soon, the bros are thirsty