jame3 جامع
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jame3” (جامع) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning mosque.
Meanings
- mosque
Usage
Jame3 is the usual word for the mosque, more common in speech than masjid. The plural is jwame3. One says mcha l jame3, "he went to the mosque", for prayer, notably Friday prayer. It should not be confused with msid, the traditional Quranic school, nor with the verb jma3, "to gather". In names of monuments, such as jame3 lkbir, "the great mosque", it keeps the same meaning. The word belongs to all registers.
Example
راه خارج من جامع
rah 5arj mn jame3
“He is coming out of the mosque.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jame3” but also “jam3”, “jama3”, “jami3” and “jamee3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “jame3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “mosque”: djama3 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “mosque”: jema3 in Tunisian.