9anat قناة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9anat” (قناة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning TV channel.
Meanings
- TV channel
- online channel (YouTube)
- canal
Usage
Qanat comes from Standard Arabic and is commonly used for a television channel. It is also used for a YouTube channel: l-qanat dyali, "my channel". The plural is qanawat. In conversation, many Moroccans also say chaîne, borrowed from French: the two coexist, with qanat being a bit more formal. In the sense of an irrigation canal, the word is rare; people say sagya instead.
Example
شنو كاين فهاد القناة دابا؟
chno kayn f had l9anat daba?
“What's on this channel now?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9anat” but also “qanat” and “9anaat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9anat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “TV channel”; “YouTube channel”: 9ana in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “television channel”; “YouTube channel, online channel”: 9ana in Tunisian.