mang مانڭ
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mang” (مانڭ) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning mango (fruit).
Meanings
- mango (fruit)
Usage
Mang means the mango. The word is adapted from French, with a pronounced final g, which the letter ڭ marks. The fruit is mostly imported, but it is increasingly common, notably in the juices sold in cafés and at juice sellers: jus d'mang. One also hears simply "mangue" pronounced the French way, or "mango". The word is mostly used as a singular collective: chrit lmang, "I bought mangoes".
Example
عطيني واحد العصير ديال المانڭ
3Tini wa7d l3aSir dyal lmang
“Give me a mango juice.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mang” but also “mangue” and “mango”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.