ch8er tmnia شهر تمنية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ch8er tmnia” (شهر تمنية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning August, eighth month of the year.
Meanings
- August, eighth month of the year
Usage
Chhar tmenya literally means "the month eight". It is the most common name for August in conversation in Morocco, following the system that numbers the months after chhar. For many families, it is the month of holidays, weddings and Moroccans living abroad coming back home. You say fi chhar tmenya, "in August". The name "ghocht", adapted from French, is also very common. Pitfall: the pronunciation and arabizi spelling of the number vary a lot from person to person, hence the spellings tmenya, tmnia or tmenia.
Example
العرس ديالهم ف شهر تمنية.
l3ers dyalhom f chhar tmenya.
“Their wedding is in August.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ch8er tmnia” but also “ch8ar tmnia”, “ch8r tmnia” and “ch8er tmenia”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.