khzen خزن
Moroccan Darija · verb
“khzen” (خزن) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to store, stockpile.
Meanings
- to store, stockpile
- to set aside, keep in reserve
Usage
The verb khzen means to put something in reserve for later: provisions, goods, water, sometimes money. It is conjugated regularly: khzent (I stored), kankhzen (I store), ghadi nkhzen (I am going to store). It is often used with a place complement introduced by f-: khzen f-lkouzina, khzen f-lmakhzen. It is not just a matter of putting away, but of accumulating in anticipation of a need. For "to tidy up" in the sense of putting in order, rtteb or jme3 are used instead. The vocabulary of storage is built on the same root.
Example
خزن الما فالبيدونات قبل ما يقطعوه
khzen lma f lbidounat 9bel ma y9et3ouh
“Store water in the containers before they cut it off.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kankhzn | khznt | |
| nta (you, m.) | katkhzn | khznti | khzn |
| nti (you, f.) | katkhzni | khznti | khzni |
| howa (he) | kaykhzn | khzn | |
| hiya (she) | katkhzn | khznat | |
| 7na (we) | kankhzno | khznna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katkhzno | khznto | khzno |
| homa (they) | kaykhzno | khzno |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khzen” but also “khzn”, “5zn”, “khzan” and “5zen”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.