tanya تانية
Algerian Darja · adjective
“tanya” (تانية) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning second (feminine).
Meanings
- second (feminine)
- other (feminine)
- once more, again (marra tanya)
Usage
Tanya is the feminine of tani, "second" or "other". It agrees with a feminine noun: marra tanya, "another time, once again", wahda tanya, "another (woman or thing)". The expression marra tanya is very frequent, meaning "next time" as well as "again". The word is placed after the noun, like an adjective. Pitfall: it does not only mark rank; it is mainly used to say "other". It is pronounced with a t, not with the th of standard Arabic (thaniya).
Example
عاودها مرة تانية، ما فهمتش
3awedha marra tanya, ma fhemtch
“Say it one more time, I didn't understand.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tanya” but also “tania”, “thania” and “tanyia”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tanya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “second (feminine)”; “the other (feminine)”: tanya in Moroccan.