3onwan عنوان
Algerian Darja · noun
“3onwan” (عنوان) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning title (song, video, book).
Meanings
- title (song, video, book)
- address (postal)
Usage
A word borrowed from Standard Arabic but well established in everyday use. It refers to the title of a song, a video or a book: wach howa ʕenwan el-oghniya? (what is the title of the song?). It also refers to the address of a place. In conversation, for this sense many speakers prefer the French word "l'adresse", adapted as ladrissa. For "title", one also often hears the French "le titre". The plural is ʕanawin. The word is neutral and is used in speech and in writing.
Example
واش هو عنوان الأغنية هادي؟
wach howa 3enwan l'oghniya hadi?
“What is the title of this song?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3onwan” but also “3enwan”, “3anwan”, “onwan” and “3nwan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3onwan” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “address (postal)”; “title (book, article)”: 3onwan in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “postal address, place of residence”; “title of a book, article”: 3onwen in Tunisian.