blan بلان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“blan” (بلان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning plan, project.
Meanings
- plan, project
- idea, good deal, scheme
Usage
Blan, an adapted loanword from French "plan", is widely used, especially among young people. It refers to a project or planned outing: derna blan, "we've planned something". It can also mean a trick or a good deal, like "un bon plan" in informal French. The usual qualifiers are blan zwin or blan wa3er for a successful plan. Machi blan is used to say an idea doesn't suit. The word is not used for a plan in the sense of a map or diagram, which is rendered by kharita instead. Informal register.
Example
درنا بلان زوين
derna blan zwin
“We made a great plan.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “blan” but also “blane”, “plan” and “blann”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.