ddin الدين
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ddin” (الدين) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning religion.
Meanings
- religion
- faith, religious practice
Usage
Ddin means religion in general, and most often Islam when the context is Moroccan. It appears in expressions like "ddin dyali" (my religion) or "nas dyal ddin" (pious people). It also enters several familiar oaths and curses; best avoided if you do not master the register. Reading pitfall: in written arabizi, ddin or liddin can also represent lyddin (the two hands), and lwalidin is sometimes read in a similar way. Context resolves the ambiguity. The register of ddin is neutral and common.
Example
هادشي ضد الدين ديالي
8adchchi DeD ddin dyali
“That goes against my religion.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ddin” but also “din”, “dine”, “ddine” and “eddin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ddin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “religion”: eddin in Tunisian.