jornan جورنان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jornan” (جورنان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning newspaper, daily.
Meanings
- newspaper, daily
Usage
Jornan is a colloquial variant of journal, borrowed from French. The final l changed to n, which is common in older loanwords. It is often heard in everyday speech, especially among older people and in working-class circles: ljornan dyal lyoum (today's newspaper). The meaning is the same as journal: the printed daily sold at the newsstand. It is not a different word but an adapted pronunciation. The form journal dominates in writing on the internet. The word takes the Arabic article: ljornan.
Example
شريت الجورنان ديال اليوم
chrit ljornan dyal lyoum
“I bought today's newspaper.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jornan” but also “journan”, “jurnan” and “jornane”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.