lanjas لنجاص
Moroccan Darija · noun
“lanjas” (لنجاص) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning pear(s).
Meanings
- pear(s)
Usage
Lanjas means pear. The word is used as a collective noun for the fruit in general, for example at the market: kilo dyal lanjas, "a kilo of pears". For a single fruit, say wa7ed l7ebba dyal lanjas, or more simply njasa. It is the usual word everywhere in Morocco, in a neutral, everyday register. Pronunciation varies by region between lanjas, linjas and lenjas. The initial l is part of the article and disappears in some constructions.
Example
شريت كيلو ديال لنجاص من السوق
chrit kilo dyal lanjas mn souk
“I bought a kilo of pears at the market.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lanjas” but also “linjas”, “lenjas”, “lnjas” and “langas”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lanjas” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “pear(s)”; “pear tree (by extension)”: lanjass in Algerian.