hanout
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَانُوت (ḥānūt) and its plural حَوَانِيت (ḥawānīt). Specifically, from Moroccan Arabic in its “shop” slang sense, and from all of Moroccan Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, and Algerian Arabic according to the countries where Frenchmen pursued archaeology.
Noun
hanout m (plural haouanet)
- (archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum
- Synonyms: hypogée, tombe rupestre
- (slang) shop, store
- 2017, Elh Kmer (lyrics), “Gustavo”, in Indépendant:
- 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.
- It's midnight soon, the bros are thirsty
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