hanout

French

Des haouanet

Un hanout

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَانُوت (ḥānūt) and its plural حَوَانِيت (ḥawānīt). From Maghrebi Arabic in its “shop” slang sense, itself from Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ) and Aramaic חָנוּתָא/ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nut/; /ħɛ.nuːt/ ~ /ħe.nuːt/

Noun

hanout m (plural haouanet)

1. (archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum

   Synonyms: hypogée, tombe rupestre

2. (slang) shop, store
   • 2017, “Gustavo” (1:34 from the start), in Elh Kmer (lyrics), Indépendant‎^[1]:

     Il est bientôt minuit, les frérots ont soif
     Dix balles d’essence, on passe chez l’hanout
     Se recharger en clopes, feuilles, Poliakov
     La soirée sera un cocktail Molotov.

     It's midnight soon, the bros are thirsty
     Ten euros piss, we pass by the milk bar,
     To refill on blems, papers, Poliakov
     The evening’s gonna be a Molotov cocktail.