# مخزن
## Arabic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /max.zan/

### 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)”)

#### Descendants

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

#### See also

* خَزَنَ (ḵazana)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

مخزن • (mahzen) (definite accusative مخزنی (mahzeni), plural مخازن (mahâzin))
* storehouse, magazine, a building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions
    Synonym: انبار (anbar)
* (agriculture) granary, garner, a storage facility for grain or, sometimes, animal feed
    Synonym: انبار (anbar)

#### Derived terms

* باروت مخزنی (barut mahzeni, “gunpowder magazine”)
* بوغدای مخزنی (buğday mahzeni, “granary”)
* قورشونلو مخزن (kurşunlu mahzen, “name of a warehouse in Galata”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: mahzen
* → Armenian: մախսէն (maxsēn), մախսան (maxsan)

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “مخزن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 744
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahzen2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3023
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mahzen”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 683
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مخزن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1136
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Horreum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 706
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مخزن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4484
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahzen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخزن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1777

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْزَن (maḵzan). Doublet of مغازه (mağâze).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [max.ˈzan]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäx.zǽn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäx.zǽn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mäx.zǽn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mäx.zǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mæx.zǽn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäχ.zǽn]

### Noun

مخزن • (maxzan) (plural مخزن‌ها (maxzan-hâ) or مخازن (maxâzen))
* storehouse, warehouse, repository
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 187:زر نه مخزن افلاک همه داغ غمست قصر زر با دگران دیر مغان ما را بسzar na maxzan-i aflāk hama dāğ-i ğam ast qasr-i zar bā digarān dayr-i muğān mā rā basAll the treasury of the heavens is the scar of grief, not gold; The palace of gold for the others! The convent of the Magians is enough for me.(Classical Persian transliteration)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مخزن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مخزن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

## Urdu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /məx.zən/
* Rhymes: -ən
* Hyphenation: مَخ‧زَن

### Noun

مَخْزَن • (maxzan) m (Hindi spelling मख़ज़न)
* a repository
* warehouse; granary; armoury
* a thesaurus
* a periodical; magazine
* stomach (the crop of a bird)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مخزن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.