sardina صردينة
Algerian Darja · noun
“sardina” (صردينة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning sardine.
Meanings
- sardine
Usage
Sardina is the usual word for the sardine, a fish widely eaten in Algeria, especially on the coast. It is an adapted loanword, feminine, with the plural sardin. Sardines are eaten grilled, fried or as meatballs (kefta ta3 sardin). The word also serves as a benchmark for the cost of living: the price of sardines is a recurring topic of conversation. The reference definition provided, unrelated to the fish, was an online joke and was not kept.
Example
شرينا كيلو صردين وشويناه
chrina kilo sardin w chwinah
“We bought a kilo of sardines and grilled them.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sardina” but also “sardin”, “sardine” and “srdina”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.