Talk:haouanet

The term haouanet is not a French word. It is an Arabic appellation: 'hanout' (singular) / haouanet (plural). It is used in French to designate a burial site in a rock as they exist exclusively in eastern Algeria and northwestern Tunisia. Christian Sorand, Researcher On Amazigh history & culture, contributor to AWAL-Paris, Academia.edu, Inumidn.com, Tunisie-Mémoires plurielles – 02:44, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Well, French borrowed it from Arabic, in the same way that English has qanat. Equinox ◑ 02:50, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Might be so. Nonetheless, in Wiktionary we just add exotisms under the header of the language where they are used. I don’t aver hanout that is French, but you might agree that it is useful to have an entry for it. It can’t be under “Arabic” either, in Latin script, and the spelling is regularly like that in French, so it is under “French”. Fay Freak (talk) 21:49, 26 May 2019 (UTC)