mgana مگانة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mgana” (مگانة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning watch.
Meanings
- watch
- clock
Usage
Mgana is the usual darija word for both the wristwatch and the wall clock. It is feminine: lmgana dyali, "my watch". The plural is mganat. To ask the time, people rather say chhal f sa3a, but mgana refers to the object itself. You also say lmgana wqfat for "the watch has stopped". The Arabic spelling varies: ڭ, گ or ك. The word is common throughout Morocco, in all registers.
Example
المگانة ديالي وقفات
lmgana dyali wqfat
“My watch has stopped.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mgana” but also “magana”, “mganna” and “megana”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.