dini ديني
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“dini” (ديني) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning religious, relating to religion.
Meanings
- religious, relating to religion
Usage
Dini is the adjective formed from din (religion). It describes things, not people: a programme, a festival, an upbringing (t-terbiya d-diniya). The feminine is diniya. For a pious person, people rather say mtdeyyen or "tay-ṣelli". Beware of an important pitfall: in writing, dini or ddini very often means "take me". This word is formed from the verb dda (to take along) followed by -ni (me), as in ddini l d-dar, "take me home". Online, this verbal meaning is in fact the most frequent.
Example
كيتفرج غير فالبرامج الدينية
kayetfarraj ghir f lbaramij ddiniya
“He only watches religious programmes.”
Forms
| feminine | dinia |
|---|---|
| plural | diniyin |
| feminine plural | diniat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dini” but also “dyni”, “diini”, “diniya”, “dinia” and “ddini”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dini” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “religious, relating to religion”; “my religion”: dini in Algerian.