bnin بنين
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“bnin” (بنين) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning delicious, tasty (food).
Meanings
- delicious, tasty (food)
Usage
Bnin is used to say that a dish, a drink or a pastry tastes good. It is a familiar, warm word, common in the family and when complimenting someone's cooking. It is often intensified: bnin bezzaf, ch7al bnin! The feminine is bnina, agreeing with the noun (l7rira bnina). Keep it for taste: to say that something is beautiful or of good quality, use zwin or mezyan instead. It is also heard on its own as an exclamation, with a full mouth: bnin!
Example
هادشي عندكم بنين
hadchi 3ndkom bnin
“What you have here is delicious.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bnin” but also “bnine”, “bnyn” and “bniin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bnin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “delicious, tasty”; “nice, pleasant (informal)”: bnin in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “delicious, tasty”; “nice, pleasant”: bnin in Tunisian.