ghna غنى
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ghna” (غنى) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning singing, sung music.
Meanings
- singing, sung music
- wealth, comfort
Usage
The noun lghna mainly means singing and, more broadly, sung music: lghna cha3bi for popular song, or kaybghi lghna, "he likes singing". It corresponds to the verb ghenna, "to sing". In a more formal register or in fixed expressions, the word can also mean wealth or comfort, as opposed to lfqer, "poverty". Context tells you which sense is meant; in everyday conversation the musical sense clearly dominates.
Example
كنبغي الغنا الشعبي بزّاف
kanbghi lghna cha3bi bezzaf
“I really like popular singing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghna” but also “ghina”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghna” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to sing”; “to sing for someone”: ghanna in Tunisian.