janoub جنوب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“janoub” (جنوب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning south.
Meanings
- south
- the South (southern regions)
Usage
Janoub refers to the cardinal point south. With the article, it is also used for the southern regions of the country: l-janoub. In everyday speech, the French word sud is often heard as well. Janoub remains more frequent in school, in the media and for locating a place on a map. People say f janoub l-mghrib for "in the south of Morocco". The other cardinal points are chamal (north), cherq (east) and gharb (west).
Example
ل موحيط ل عندي كاين ف جنوب أسيا
l mou7iT l 8indi kayen f janoub 2asya
“The Indian Ocean is located south of Asia.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “janoub” but also “janob”, “jnoub” and “janub”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “janoub” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “south (compass direction)”; “the Algerian South, the Sahara”: jnoub in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “south, cardinal point”; “the Tunisian South”: jnoub in Tunisian.