bernamaj برنامج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bernamaj” (برنامج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning show (TV, radio).
Meanings
- show (TV, radio)
- program, plan
- software
Usage
The noun barnamaj covers several senses close to those of French programme. First, it means a television or radio show. It can also refer to a plan of activities, as in achnou lbarnamaj lyoum?, what's the plan today? In computing, it means software. In this last sense, the French word logiciel and the English word application are also very common. The plural is baramij. The word is used in all registers. The French word programme is also heard a lot, especially when talking about projects.
Example
عندو برنامج ديال الطبخ
3ndou bernamaj dyal TTabkh
“He has a cooking show.”
Forms
| plural | baramij |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bernamaj” but also “barnamaj”, “brnamaj”, “barnamj” and “bernamj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bernamaj” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “TV or radio show”; “program, planned schedule”: barnamej in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “plan, schedule”; “TV or radio show”: barnamej in Tunisian.