mitin ميتين
Algerian Darja · numeral
“mitin” (ميتين) is a numeral in Algerian Darja meaning two hundred.
Meanings
- two hundred
- dead (plural of mayet)
- exhausted, crazy about (figurative)
Usage
Mitin is first of all the dual of miya and means "two hundred": "mitin dinar", "mitin w khamsa". From three hundred on, one says tlath miya, rba3 miya, etc. The same spelling also corresponds to the plural of mayet, "dead": "rana mitin" means "we are dead", but the expression is very often used figuratively, for "exhausted" or "at the end of one's rope". With b-, it marks an excess of feeling: "mitin b el fer7a", "crazy with joy". Context always settles whether it is the number or the adjective.
Example
شريت الخبزة بميتين دورو
chrit lkhobza b mitin dourou
“I bought the bread for two hundred douros.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mitin” but also “mitine”, “mytin” and “miten”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mitin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “two hundred”: mitin in Moroccan.