chab3an شبعان
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“chab3an” (شبعان) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning full, having eaten enough.
Meanings
- full, having eaten enough
- well-off, lacking nothing
Usage
Chab3an first describes someone who has had enough to eat. You answer "ana chab3an, baraka" to politely decline a second helping. The feminine is chab3ana and the plural is chab3anin. Figuratively, the word describes someone who lives comfortably and needs nothing, often in contrast to someone who lacks everything: "chab3an ma kay7ess b ji3an". The related verb is chbe3, "to be full". To say "to have had enough" of something unpleasant, 3yit is used instead.
Example
لا شكرا، أنا شبعان
la choukran, ana chab3an
“No thanks, I'm full.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chab3an” but also “chba3an”, “shab3an”, “chab3ane” and “chabaan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “chab3an” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “full, having eaten enough”; “well-off, lacking nothing”: chab3an in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “full, having eaten enough”; “sated, lacking nothing”: chab3an in Tunisian.