farina الفرينة
Algerian Darja · noun
“farina” (الفرينة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning flour (wheat), white flour.
Meanings
- flour (wheat), white flour
Usage
Farina (or frina) is the adapted loanword from French "farine". It is in general use in Algerian kitchens. It refers to finely milled white flour, distinct from smid (semolina), which is coarser and used for couscous or flatbread. So farina is used for pastry, bakery bread and cakes, while smid is for traditional cooking. People say kilo farina and chkara farina ("a sack of flour"). The word is feminine.
Example
زيد شوية فرينة باش تجمع العجينة
zid chwiya farina bach tjemma3 l3ajina
“Add a little flour so the dough holds together.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “farina” but also “frina”, “farinna” and “lfarina”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.