chne9 شنق
Moroccan Darija · verb
“chne9” (شنق) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to hang someone.
Meanings
- to hang someone
- hanging
Usage
Chne9 means to hang a person by the neck, as an execution or a form of torture. The reflexive form tchne9 means "to hang oneself". It is mostly heard when talking about news stories or tales, and sometimes in an exaggerated way in a threat or an everyday complaint. Unlike English "hang", the verb is not used to hang up an object: a different verb is used to hang up clothing, which is a common pitfall. The word can also refer to the act itself, hanging. The register is neutral, but the subject remains grave.
Example
شنقو المجرم فالفيلم
chen9o lmojrim f lfilm
“They hanged the criminal in the movie.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chne9” but also “chen9”, “chan9”, “chn9” and “shne9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “chne9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “hanging (execution by rope)”; “act of hanging someone”: chnag in Tunisian.