jwan جوان
Algerian Darja · noun
“jwan” (جوان) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning June (sixth month).
Meanings
- June (sixth month)
Usage
Jwan is the name of the month of June in Algeria. The months there have names adapted from French: janvi, fivri, mars, avril, mai, jwan, juilliya, out, etc. It is also the written form in the official calendar and in the Algerian press, unlike other Arab countries that use other sets of names. The word is used with fi: fi jwan, "in June". In speech, many speakers simply say "juin" the French way. As a common month name, it belongs to everyday vocabulary.
Example
نروحو للبلاد في جوان
nrou7ou lel bled fi jwan
“We go back home to the home country in June.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jwan” but also “jouan”, “juan” and “djouan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jwan” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “June (month)”: jouan in Tunisian.