chtanbir شتنبر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“chtanbir” (شتنبر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning September.
Meanings
- September
Usage
Chtanbir is the Moroccan name for the month of September. It belongs to the series of month names used in Morocco, with yanayer, fbrayer, ghocht, etc. This series differs from the Middle Eastern one, which uses aylul. The word is used in calendars, the media and administration. In speech, many people also say chhar tes3oud, "the ninth month", or simply "septembre" in French. It is the month of the return to school: f chtanbir is the common way to say "in September".
Example
الدخول المدرسي ف شتنبر
dkhoul lmadrasi f chtanbir
“The start of the school year is in September.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chtanbir” but also “chotanbir”, “chtanber”, “shtanbir” and “chtenbir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.