mghanyin مغنين
Algerian Darja · noun
“mghanyin” (مغنين) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning singers, performing artists.
Meanings
- singers, performing artists
Usage
Maghnin, often pronounced mghanniyin, is the plural of mghanni (singer). It is commonly used to talk about raï, chaâbi and pop singers or foreign stars, for example in "mghanniyin ta3 l-cabaret" (cabaret singers), sometimes with a pejorative nuance. The feminine is mghanniya, plural mghanniyat. The word belongs to the ordinary register and is distinct from chabb or cheikh, titles reserved for certain styles. Pitfall: the reference source confuses it with meqnin (the goldfinch), a different word that is spelled with a q.
Example
كاين بزاف مغنين جداد هاد العام
kayen bezzaf mghanniyin jdad had l3am
“There are a lot of new singers this year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mghanyin” but also “mghaniyin”, “maghnin”, “mghannyin” and “mghanin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.