3onwan عنوان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“3onwan” (عنوان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning address (postal).
Meanings
- address (postal)
- title (book, article)
Usage
3onwan is used mainly for the address of a home or a place. It often comes up in administrative procedures, for example 3onwan sakan (residential address). To ask for directions, people usually say fin kayn or fin jat (where is it). The second meaning is "title", of a book, a song or an article. For an email address, many people simply say l'email or the address, in the French way. The plural is 3anawin.
Example
واش عنوان ساكان و وكالة صحاح
wax 3onwan sakan o wikala s7a7
“Are the residence address and the power of attorney valid?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3onwan” but also “3ounwan” and “3nwan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3onwan” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “title (song, video, book)”; “address (postal)”: 3onwan in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “postal address, place of residence”; “title of a book, article”: 3onwen in Tunisian.