مغازه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Venetian magazén (“warehouse, storehouse”), from Arabic مَخازِن (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan). Doublet of مخزن (mahzen, “warehouse”).

Noun

مغازه • (mağaza)

1. strongroom, a strongly built room or vault where valuables may be safely stored
2. storeroom, stockroom, store, any room used for storage or stocking
3. shop, store, an establishment that sells goods or services to the public

   Synonym: دكان (dükkân)

Derived terms

• مغازه‌جی (mağazacı, “storekeeper, shopkeeper”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mağaza
• → Arabic: مَغازة (maḡāza)
• → Armenian: մաղազա (maġaza)
• → Azerbaijani: mağaza
• → Persian: مغازه (mağâze)
  • → Northern Kurdish: maxaze
  • → Pashto: مغازه (mağâze)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mağaza”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3008
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مغازه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1197b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mağaza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مغازه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1918

Persian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مغازه (mağaza), from Byzantine Greek μαγαζί (magazí), from Italian magazzino, from Arabic مَخازِن (maḵāzin), plural of مَخْزَن (maḵzan).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ɣɑː.za]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɣɑː.zä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɣɑː.zä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.ɣɑː.zä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.ɣɔː.zä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ɢɒː.ze]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ʁɔ.zä]

Readings
Classical reading?	mağāza
Dari reading?	mağāza
Iranian reading?	mağâze
Tajik reading?	maġoza

Noun

Dari	مغازه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мағоза

مغازه • (mağâze) (plural مغازه‌ها (mağâze-hâ))

1. shop

   Synonym: فروشگاه (forušgâh)

Related terms

• مخزن (maxzan)

Descendants

• → Northern Kurdish: maxaze
• → Pashto: مغازه (mağâze)