fantazia فانتازيا
Algerian Darja · noun
“fantazia” (فانتازيا) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning fantasia (mounted gunpowder charge).
Meanings
- fantasia (mounted gunpowder charge)
- showing off, pretension
Usage
Fantazia first means the fantasia, the show in which horsemen charge at a gallop and then fire their powder rifles together, at festivals, weddings and waadas. It is also called la3b el-baroud. In everyday language the word has a very common figurative sense: pretension, the wish to impress. Dayer fantazia or 3ando fantazia is said of someone who puts on airs. In this use the word is slightly mocking. So watch the context: outside a festive setting, fantazia is almost always a criticism.
Example
في الوعدة دارو فانتازيا بالخيل والبارود.
f el wa3da daro fantazia bel khil w el baroud.
“At the wa3da, they put on a fantasia with horses and gunpowder.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fantazia” but also “fantazya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.