Hanut
/həˈnuːt/noun
A small shop or store, especially in North Africa or the Middle East.
Did you know?Hanut is an English borrowing from Arabic ḥānūt, related to Hebrew ḥanût, showing how the vocabulary of marketplaces traveled across Semitic-speaking cultures.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Aramaic
Aramaic
ḥanūthā
“A shop, store, or place of trade”
Biblical and Rabbinic Period
Hebrew
ḥanût
“A shop or commercial establishment”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
ḥānūt
“A shop, especially a small retail establishment”
19th–20th Century
French
hanout
“A shop or store in North African usage”
Modern English
English
hanut
“A shop or store, chiefly in contexts referring to the Middle East or North Africa”