naje7 ناجح
Algerian Darja · adjective
“naje7” (ناجح) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning successful, who succeeds.
Meanings
- successful, who succeeds
- passed an exam
Usage
Najeh describes a person who succeeds in their work, studies or life. The word comes from standard Arabic but is in common use in Algeria, notably in expressions like insan najeh (a successful person) or mcharee3 najeh (a project that works). Feminine: najha; plural: najhin. For an exam, a student is also said to be najeh, that is, to have passed, for example the bac. Its usual opposite is fachel (failed, who fails). The register is neutral, slightly formal: in casual conversation, people often prefer to say that someone "nja7" (succeeded).
Example
خوه راجل ناجح، عندو شركة تاعو.
khouh rajel naje7, 3andou charika ta3ou.
“His brother is a successful man, he has his own company.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “naje7” but also “najeh”, “naj7”, “najah” and “naji7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “naje7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “successful”; “passed (an exam)”: naje7 in Moroccan.