mender منضر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mender” (منضر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning landscape, view.
Meanings
- landscape, view
- sight, scene observed
Usage
Phonetic spelling of menDer, where the ẓ of classical Arabic is pronounced as an emphatic ḍ, which is the usual pronunciation in Morocco. The word refers mainly to a beautiful landscape: the sea, the mountains, a sunset. It is often used in exclamations like chouf had lmenDer or menDer zwin. It can also describe a striking scene, sometimes pejoratively, for example menDer khayeb for an unpleasant sight. It combines naturally with chouf, "look".
Example
شوف على منضر شحال زين, هاد لبحر ديال ضباب...
chouf 3la menDer ch7al zine, had lb7er dial Dbab...
“Look how beautiful the view is, this sea of mist...”
Forms
| plural | manaDir |
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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 “mender” but also “mnder”, “mandar”, “mendar” and “mndr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mender” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
The same word also exists in Tunisian Derja, written منظر, where it means “view, scenery”; “sight, scene”: mandhar in Tunisian.