takwin تكوين
Algerian Darja · noun
“takwin” (تكوين) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning training (vocational, paid).
Meanings
- training (vocational, paid)
- constitution, composition
Usage
Takwin is a Standard Arabic word, but it is common in Algeria in the fields of employment and education. It refers to a training course, an internship or a short program. The expression takwin mihani, "vocational training", refers to public training centres, which many people also call by the French acronym CFPA. People say dart takwin, "I did a training course", or chrit takwin for a paid online course. In conversation, the French "formation" competes strongly with it. The sense of "constitution" belongs to the formal register.
Example
راني ندير تكوين في الإعلام الآلي
rani ndir takwin fel i3lam el ali
“I'm doing a training course in IT.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “takwin” but also “takouine”, “takwine” and “takouin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “takwin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “vocational training, course”; “formation, makeup”: takwin in Moroccan.