tajine طاجين
Algerian Darja · noun
“tajine” (طاجين) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning tajine, slow-cooked stew.
Meanings
- tajine, slow-cooked stew
- earthenware cooking dish or vessel
Usage
In Algeria, ttajin mainly means a slow-cooked dish in sauce, specified by its main ingredient: ttajin zitoun (with olives), ttajin jelbana (with peas), ttajin lahlou (sweet, with prunes, typical of Ramadan). The word also names the earthenware cooking vessel, including the flat dish used to bake the flatbread (kesra). An English speaker should know that the Algerian "tajine" is not necessarily cooked in a conical vessel: it is often a stew prepared in a pot. The word is common in all registers.
Example
يما طيبت طاجين زيتون اليوم
yemma tayybet ttajin zitoun lyoum
“Mom made an olive tajine today.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tajine” but also “tadjine”, “ttajin”, “tajin” and “tagine”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tajine” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “stew cooked in a clay pot”; “clay dish with conical lid”: tajine in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “Tunisian tajine, egg gratin”; “earthenware dish”: tajine in Tunisian.