robini روبيني
Algerian Darja · noun
“robini” (روبيني) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning tap, faucet.
Meanings
- tap, faucet
Usage
Robini is the adapted loanword from French "robinet". It is the usual word in Algeria for the tap in the kitchen, the bathroom, or a water tank. You say "7al robini" to turn on the tap and "sedd robini" to turn it off. "Robini ysarbi" is said of a leaking tap. The standard Arabic "7anafiyya" exists but is rarely heard in conversation. The word is used with the article: "er-robini". Online, it sometimes appears in mocking or figurative phrases, but the concrete meaning is by far the most frequent.
Example
سد الروبيني، الما راهو يسربي.
sedd robini, lma rah ysarbi.
“Turn off the tap, the water is leaking.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “robini” but also “roubini”, “robiné”, “rubini” and “robiny”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.