خزن1 خَزَنَهُ, (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (JK, Msb,) inf. n. خَزَنٌ, (Msb,) He reposited it, stowed it, or put it, (S, Msb,) laid it up, kept it, preserved it, or guarded it, (JK, K,) in a خِزَانَة, (JK, S,) or in a مَخْزِن [or مَخْزَن]; (Msb;) namely, a thing, (JK, Msb,) or property; (S, K;) as also ↓ اختزنهُ, (S, K,) and ↓ استخزنهُ: or ↓ the second of these signifies he did so for himself. (TA.) b2:  and [hence] the first (S, Msb) and ↓ the second, (S,) (assumed tropical:)  He concealed it; namely, a secret. (S, Msb.) b3:  And خَزَنَ عَنْهُ عَطَآءَهُ (assumed tropical:)  He withheld from him his gift. (TA.) A2:  خَزِنَ, (JK, S, Msb, K,) formed  by transposition from خَنِزَ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـَ inf. n. خَزَنٌ; (Msb;) and خَزُنَ; and خَزَنَ, [aor. ـُ inf. n. خَزْنٌ and خُزُونٌ; (K;) said of flesh-meat, (JK, S, Msb, K,) It became altered [for the worse] (JK, Msb, K) in odour, (Msb,) or stinking: (S, TA:) or, accord. to Z, خَزُنَ, said of flesh-meat, means it became stinking in consequence of its being laid up, or stored: and Er-Rághib says that خَزْنٌ, in relation to flesh-meat, means the laying up, or storing: and hence is metonymically used as meaning its becoming stinking. (TA.) Tarafeh says, ثُمَّ لَا يَخْزَنُ فِينَا لَحْمُهَاإِنَّمَا يَخْزَنُ لَحْمُ المُدَّخِرْ [Then the flesh thereof will not become stinking among us: only the flesh-meat of him who lays it up becomes stinking]. (S, TA.) 4 اخزن He became rich, or in a state of competence or sufficiency, after poverty. (K.) 8 إِخْتَزَنَ see 1, in three places.A2:  اختزن طَرِيقًا He took the nearest road, or way. (K, TA.) 10 إِسْتَخْزَنَ see 1.خَزْنَةٌ: see خَزِينَةٌ: b2:  and see also خِزَانَةٌ.خَزِينٌ A thing reposited, stowed, or put, [laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded,] in a مَخْزِن [or مَخْزَن or خِزَانَة]. (Msb.) b2:  Flesh-meat altered  [for the worse in odour]; (K;) stinking. (TA.) خِزَانَةٌ A small chamber within a large chamber; (TA in art. خدع;) [a closet; also called in the present day ↓ خَزْنَةٌ: and a cupboard:] a place in which things are reposited, stowed, laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded; a repository; [a magazine; a store-room;] (JK, Msb, K, TA;) and so ↓ مَخْزَنٌ, (S, K,) with fet-h to the ز, (S,) like مَقْعَدٌ, (K,) or ↓ مَخْزِنٌ, like مَجْلِسٌ, [which is irreg., as the aor.  of خَزَنَ is يَخْزُنُ:] (Msb:) the former should not be pronounced with fet-h  [i. e. خَزَانَة], (K,) as the vulgar are given to pronounce it: (TA:) the pl. of the former is خَزَائِنُ; (S, Msb;) and that of مخزن is مَخَازِنُ. (Msb, TA.) [Hence, خِزَانَةُ كُتُبٍ A library; and a bookcase. And خِزَانَةُ سِلَاحٍ An armoury.]b2:  And (tropical:)  The heart; (K, TA;) because the secret is concealed in it. (TA.) See an ex. voce  خَازِنٌ.A2:  Also The occupation, (JK, TA,) and act, (K, TA,) of the خَازِن. (JK, K, TA.) خَزِينَةٌ and ↓ خَزْنَةٌ Wealth, or property, reposited, stowed, laid up, kept, preserved, or guarded. (TA.) [In the present day, both signify also A treasury. The pl. of the former is خَزَائِنُ.] b2: [Hence,] خَزَائِنُ اللّٰهِ [in the Kur. vi. 50 and xi. 33, accord. to some,] means (assumed tropical:)  The hidden things that are known of God: (TA:) or (assumed tropical:)  the events decreed by God: (Bd in vi. 50:) or (assumed tropical:)  the treasures of the means of subsistence that are supplied by God. (Bd and Jel * ibid.) خَزَّانٌ One who stores up wheat, or food: of the dial. of Egypt. (TA.) b2:  See also خَازِنٌ.A2:  Also, as a subst, like جَبَّانٌ, (AHn,) Ripe dates becoming black in the interior by reason of some bane: (AHn, K:) n. un. with ة. (AHn.) خَازِنٌ [One who reposits, stows, lays up, keeps, preserves, or guards, property, &c.; a treasurer]: (K, TA:) pl. خَازِنُونَ and خَزَنَةٌ. (TA.) [The latter of these pls. is applied in the Kur. xxxix. 73 to The keepers, or guardians, of Paradise: and in xxxix. 71 and xl. 52 and lxvii. 8 to those of Hell.] مَا أَنْتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِنِينَ, in the Kur [xv. 22, accord. to some], means (assumed tropical:)  Ye are not bearing it in mind with thankfulness. (TA.) b2:  (tropical:)  The tongue; as also ↓ خَزَّانٌ. (K, TA.) Hence the saying of Lukmán to his son, إِذَا كَانَ خَازِنُكَ حَفِيظًاأَمِينَةً رَشْدْتَ فِى أَمْرَيْكَ دُنْيَاكَ وَآخِرَتِكَ ↓ وَخِزَانَتُكَ, i. e. (tropical:)  [When] thy tongue [is such as keeps the secret confided to thee], and thy heart [is trustworthy, thou wilt follow the right way in respect of thy two states, thy state in the present world and thy state in the world to come]. (TA.) مَخْزَنٌ and مَخْزِنٌ: see خِزَانَةٌ. b2:  مَخَازِنُ الطَّرِيقِ The nearest roads, or ways. (K, * TA. [In the CK, مَحاصِرُهُ is erroneously put for مَخَاصِرُهُ.])