jnoub جنوب
Algerian Darja · noun
“jnoub” (جنوب) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning south (compass direction).
Meanings
- south (compass direction)
- the Algerian South, the Sahara
Usage
Jnoub means "south". In Algeria, "ljnoub" is very often used on its own to mean the south of the country, that is, the Saharan regions (Ghardaïa, Tamanrasset, Adrar…). "Wlad ljnoub" means the people of the South. "Sahra" is also used for the desert. For precise geographic direction, jnoub is used with a place name: "jnoub frança" (the south of France). The other cardinal points follow the same form: chmal (north), char9 (east), gharb (west).
Example
هاد الصيف رايحين للجنوب
had sif rayhin l'jnoub
“This summer we're going to the South.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jnoub” but also “djnoub”, “janoub” and “jnob”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jnoub” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “south”; “the South (southern regions)”: janoub in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “south, cardinal point”; “the Tunisian South”: jnoub in Tunisian.