ani9 أنيق
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ani9” (أنيق) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning elegant, stylish (outfit, person).
Meanings
- elegant, stylish (outfit, person)
- neat, well-groomed in appearance
Usage
Ani9 comes from Standard Arabic and is used in darija mainly to talk about clothes, outfits or a person's look: "had lbass ani9", "kaybane ani9". Its register is a bit more formal than zwin or mzyan. In everyday conversation, many Moroccans prefer to say "classe" or "chic", borrowed from French. The feminine is ani9a and the plural is ani9in. It is usually placed after the noun or after the verb bane (to look, appear). The word does not suit everyday objects unrelated to appearance or style.
Example
راه أنيق هاد الباس وا راك نادي
rah ani9 had lbass wa rak nadi
“This outfit is elegant, and you look great.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ani9” but also “aniq”, “anik” and “ani2”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “ani9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “elegant, well-dressed”; “refined, classy in manner”: ani9 in Tunisian.