jam3iya جمعية
Algerian Darja · noun
“jam3iya” (جمعية) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning association, club.
Meanings
- association, club
- learned society, organization
Usage
Jamʿiya means an association in the administrative or activist sense: a cultural, sports, charity or neighborhood association. One says dar jamʿiya or fet jamʿiya for "to set up an association". The word comes from Standard Arabic and is used as is in Darja, often in official, community or religious contexts. It also appears in the names of historic organizations, such as the association of the ulema. The common plural is jamʿiyat. In speech, many Algerians also use the French word "association", especially in informal conversation.
Example
حلّينا جمعية باش نعاونو الشباب تاع الحومة.
hallina jam3iya bach n3awnou chabab ta3 l7ouma.
“We set up an association to help the young people of the neighborhood.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jam3iya” but also “jem3iya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “jam3iya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “association, non-profit organization”; “tontine, savings circle among acquaintances”: jam3iya in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “association (organization)”; “sports club”: jam3ia in Tunisian.