magazijn

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French magasin, from Italian magazzino or Old Occitan [Term?], from Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin, storerooms, storehouses).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌmaː.ɣaːˈzɛi̯n/, (colloquial) /ˌmaː.ɣəˈzɛi̯n/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧ga‧zijn
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Noun[edit]

magazijn n (plural magazijnen, diminutive magazijntje n)

  1. storeroom, storehouse, depot, now especially of a store or workshop
  2. magazine (chamber in a firearm)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: magasyn
  • Negerhollands: magasien
  • Caribbean Javanese: magsèn
  • Indonesian: magasin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press