dujanbir دجنبر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“dujanbir” (دجنبر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning December.
Meanings
- December
Usage
Dujanbir is the name of the month of December in the Gregorian calendar as it is called in Morocco. It belongs to the set of month names specific to the Maghreb, used both in speech and in official Moroccan documents: yennayer, fbrayer, mars, abril, etc. It is used without an article or with "f": "f dujanbir" means "in December". Pitfall: the Middle Eastern month names, such as kanoun, are not used in Morocco. In everyday conversation, many people also simply say "décembre" in French or "chher tna3ch", that is, "month twelve".
Example
غادي نرجع للمغرب ف دجنبر
ghadi nrje3 lelmeghrib f dujanbir
“I'm going back to Morocco in December.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dujanbir” but also “doujanbir” and “dojanbir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.