mizan ميزان
Algerian Darja · noun
“mizan” (ميزان) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning scale (for weighing).
Meanings
- scale (for weighing)
- balance, measure
Usage
Mizan means the scale, both the merchant's scale and the bathroom scale. It is very common in the religious formula "fi mizan hassanatek" ("may this count among your good deeds"), often written under instructional videos to thank their author. Figuratively, it suggests balance or the right measure. The usual plural is mwazen. For an electronic scale, the same word is kept, and the French "balance" is also heard.
Example
حطّ الخضرة فالميزان.
7ott lkhodra fel mizan.
“Put the vegetables on the scale.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mizan” but also “mizane”, “miizan” and “mizen”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mizan” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “scale, weighing instrument”; “bathroom scale”: mizan in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “scale, weighing instrument”; “thermometer (in mizen s5ana)”: mizen in Tunisian.