magazijn

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmaː.ɣaːˈzɛi̯n/, (colloquial) /ˌmaː.ɣəˈzɛi̯n/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ga‧zijn
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Noun

magazijn n (plural magazijnen, diminutive magazijntje n)

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

Derived terms

• wapenmagazijn

Related terms

• magazine

Descendants

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