tanjra طنجرة
Algerian Darja · noun
“tanjra” (طنجرة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning pot, saucepan.
Meanings
- pot, saucepan
Usage
Tanjra refers to the pot or saucepan, the utensil in which dishes with sauce, chorba or vegetables are cooked. It is an everyday word, used in home cooking. The plural is tnajer. Depending on the region, you also hear other terms, such as qadra or marmita, which can coexist with tanjra. It is used with verbs like 7at (to put) or tayeb (to cook): "7at tanjra fouq ennar". The first syllable is often pronounced with a very short vowel: tenjra, tanjra.
Example
حطي الطنجرة فوق النار
7otti tanjra fouq ennar
“Put the pot on the fire.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tanjra” but also “tenjra”, “6andjra”, “tandjra” and “tanjara”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).
Type “tanjra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pot, saucepan”: tanjra in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “cooking pot, large deep pot”; “lower part of a couscous steamer”: tanjra in Tunisian.