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shop, store

Source:magasinFrench · “storehouse (from Arabic makhāzin)”certain

English

shop, store

Polish

sklep
sklɛp
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  • Russian
    магази́нmagazin
    məɡɐˈzʲinborrowed · French magasin
  • Ukrainian
    магази́нmahazyn
    maɦaˈzɪnborrowed · French magasin, via Russian

    крамни́ця is a common native-built synonym.

  • Polish
    sklep
    sklɛpdifferent word · Polish sklep, originally 'vault, cellar'

    Polish magazyn is a warehouse (or a magazine).

  • Czech
    obchod
    ˈopxotdifferent word · Czech obchod 'trade', from obcházet 'to go round'

    Czech magazín is a magazine.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    prodavnicaпродавница
    ˈprodavnitsadifferent word · BCS prodavati 'to sell'

    Standard-specific words: trgovina (Croatian) — From trgovati 'to trade' (*tъrgъ); also used in Bosnian.

  • English
    shop, store

    English shares this source: magazine — English magazine first meant 'storehouse', from the same French and Arabic word.

⚠ Watch out

  • Russian склеп “burial vault, crypt”Polish sklep “shop, store”Czech sklep “cellar”

    Russian 'shop' is магази́н; Polish 'crypt' is krypta or grobowiec; Czech 'shop' is obchod, 'crypt' hrobka.