jihawi جهوي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“jihawi” (جهوي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning regional (administration, sport).
Meanings
- regional (administration, sport)
Usage
Jihawi is an adjective of administrative and media register, formed from jiha, "region". It is found mainly in fixed expressions: lmajliss ljihawi (the regional council), the académie ljihawiya for education, or regional sports competitions. The feminine is jihawiya. In spontaneous conversation, to talk about a dish or an accent specific to a region, people say dyal lmanṭiqa or dyal lblad, "of the region", "of the country". The adjective therefore remains associated with institutions and the news.
Example
الانتخابات الجهوية غادي تكون قريب
lintikhabat ljihawiya ghadi tkoun 9rib
“The regional elections will be held soon.”
Forms
| feminine | jihawia |
|---|---|
| plural | jihawiyin |
| feminine plural | jihawiat |
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 “jihawi” but also “ji8awi”, “jihawiya” and “jihaoui”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.