bayyen بين
Algerian Darja · verb
“bayyen” (بين) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to show, to let see.
Meanings
- to show, to let see
- to reveal, to make apparent
Usage
Bayyen means "to show": "bayyenli" (show me), "bayyen rouhek" (show yourself, prove yourself). The word can also mean "to let show": "ma bayyench" (he showed nothing). The participle mbayyen means "obvious". Do not confuse this verb with bin (between), written the same way without the shadda: "bin zouj" (between two), "mel bin" (among). To point something out or show an object, warra is also used, and is more common in some regions.
Example
بيّنلي التصاور تاعك
bayyenli tsawer ta3ek
“Show me your photos.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bayyen” but also “bayen”, “biyen” and “bayyan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bayyen” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to show”; “to prove, demonstrate”: byyen in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “between, among”; “to show (bayyen)”: bin in Tunisian.