“Closet”, “Closets” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Closet” (the noun, as in the small storage room in a home or building) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) Khzena (5zena)

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

خزانة (f)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Closets” (the noun, in the plural form) is written using the Latin script as:

Khzeyen (5zeyen)

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

خزاين

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“It’s in the closet.”

Hawka fel khzena.

.هوكا في الخزانة

 
“I’ll check the closet.”

Ta netfa9ed l khzena.

.تا نتفقد الخزانة

 
“This house doesn’t have a closet.”

Eddar hethi mafihech khzena.

.الدّار هاذي مافيهاش خزانة

 
“There is an umbrella in the closet.”

Famma s7aba fel khzena.

.فمّا سحابة في الخزانة

 
“The houses in this area don’t have closets.”

Edyar fel blasa hethi mefihomch khzeyen.

.الديار في البلاصة هاذي مافيهمش خزاين

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Closet”, “Closets” in Lebanese Arabic