fenni فني
Algerian Darja · adjective
“fenni” (فني) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning artistic, relating to art.
Meanings
- artistic, relating to art
- technical, specialized (problem, service)
Usage
Fenni is a Standard Arabic adjective, well established in Algerian usage, especially when talking about cinema, music, TV series or theatre: 3amal fenni (an artistic work), ibda3 fenni (an artistic creation). The register is rather refined. It often appears in praising comments about an actor or a series. The feminine is fenniya. In an administrative or troubleshooting context, the word can also mean "technical" (moshkil fenni, a technical problem). The noun from the same family, fennan, means the artist.
Example
هاد المسلسل عمل فنّي ملاح بزاف
had el mousalsal 3amal fenni mlih bezzaf
“This series is a really fine artistic work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fenni” but also “fanni”, “feni” and “fani”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fenni” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “artistic”; “technical (field, department)”: fenni in Moroccan.