simana سيمانة
Algerian Darja · noun
“simana” (سيمانة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning week.
Meanings
- week
Usage
Simana means "week", that is, seven days. It is said mainly in the West. In the Centre and East, smana is more common. The word comes from Spanish semana. It is used far more than Standard Arabic usbu3, which is reserved for formal registers. The plural is simanat. You say simana jaya for "next week", simana li fatet for "last week", and zouj simanat for "two weeks". It is feminine, so agreements are feminine.
Example
نرجع من هنا لسيمانة
nerja3 men hna l simana
“I'll be back from here in a week.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “simana” but also “smana”, “semana”, “simaana” and “smena”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “simana” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “week, period of seven days”: simana in Moroccan.