hanout

French

Des haouanet

Un hanout

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħæ.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”, in Elh Kmer (lyrics), 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.

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