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خزن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of storing, preserving, or hoarding something, often in a designated place. It extends to the idea of keeping something secret or hidden, and also has a distinct meaning related to meat spoiling.

Derived headwords

خَزَنَverb
  1. 1.
    he put it in the treasuryboth

    he put it in the treasury

  2. 2.
    he kept it secretboth

    he kept it secret

اخْتَزَنَverb
  1. 1.
    he put it in the treasuryboth

    he put it in the treasury

  2. 2.
    he kept it secretboth

    he kept it secret

المَخْزَنnoun
  1. 1.
    the place where something is storedboth

    the place where something is stored

الخِزانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the treasuries/storeroomsboth

    one of the treasuries/storerooms

خَزِنَverb
  1. 1.
    he put it in the treasuryboth

    he put it in the treasury

  2. 2.
    he kept it secretboth

    he kept it secret

Parallel reading

خزنت المال واختزنته: جعلته في الخزانة.
He stored the money and hoarded it: he put it in the treasury.
وخزنت السر واختزنته: كتمته.
And he stored the secret and hoarded it: he concealed it.
والمخزن بفتح الزاي: ما يخزن فيه الشئ.
And al-makhzan (with fatha on the zay) is: what is stored in it.
والخزانة بالكسر: واحدة الخزائن.
And al-khizānah (with kasra) is: one of the treasuries.
وخزن اللحم بالكسر: أنتن، مثل خنز، مقلوب منه.
And khazina (with kasra) the meat: it spoiled, like khanz, which is an inversion of it.
ثم لا يخزن فينا لحمها إنما يخزن لحم المدخر
Then its meat does not spoil among us; only the meat of the hoarded one spoils.