dini ديني
Algerian Darja · adjective
“dini” (ديني) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning religious, relating to religion.
Meanings
- religious, relating to religion
- my religion
- take me (imperative)
Usage
Dini, an adjective, describes whatever relates to religion: "mouchkil dini" (a religious question), "bernamej dini" (a religious programme); the feminine is diniya. The word comes from the written language but is common in speech. Beware of very frequent homographs: dini can also mean "my religion" ("ma nkhsarch dini", I won't lose my religion), and ddini is the imperative "take me" of the verb dda ("ddini m3ak", take me with you). In speech, stress and gemination distinguish these forms; in writing, only context decides.
Example
يتفرج غير في البرامج الدينية.
yetfarredj ghir fel baramij ed-diniya.
“He only watches religious programmes.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dini” but also “diniya”, “dinii”, “deeni” and “dinia”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dini” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “religious, relating to religion”: dini in Moroccan.