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خِزَانَةٌ خازن خزان خزانه خزانة A small chamber within a large chamber; (TA in art. خدع;) [a closet; also called in the present day ↓ خَزْنَةٌ : and a cupboard:] a place in which things are reposited, stowed, laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded; a repository; [a magazine; a store-room;] (JK, Msb, K, TA;) and so ↓ مَخْزَنٌ , (S, K,) with fet-h to the ز, (S,) like مَقْعَدٌ, (K,) or ↓ مَخْزِنٌ , like مَجْلِسٌ, [which is irreg., as the aor. of خَزَنَ is يَخْزُنُ:] (Msb:) the former should not be pronounced with fet-h [i. e. خَزَانَة], (K,) as the vulgar are given to pronounce it: (TA:) the pl. of the former is خَزَائِنُ; (S, Msb;) and that of مخزن is مَخَازِنُ. (Msb, TA.) [Hence, خِزَانَةُ كُتُبٍ A library; and a bookcase. And خِزَانَةُ سِلَاحٍ An armoury.] ― -b2- And (tropical:) The heart; (K, TA;) because the secret is concealed in it. (TA.) See an ex. voce خَازِنٌ. -A2- Also The occupation, (JK, TA,) and act, (K, TA,) of the خَازِن. (JK, K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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