mihrajan مهرجان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mihrajan” (مهرجان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning festival (music, film, culture).
Meanings
- festival (music, film, culture)
- big celebration, public festivities
Usage
A common word in Morocco for music festivals, film festivals or cultural celebrations organised in cities. Pronounced mihrajan or mahrajan depending on the speaker. It is used in the media as well as in conversation, often with the article: lmihrajan. The plural is mahrajanat. The French word "festival" is also heard a lot, especially in cities. It is sometimes used figuratively and ironically for a chaotic or disorderly situation, like saying "a real circus".
Example
غادي نمشيو للمهرجان ديال الموسيقى هاد الصيف
ghadi nmchiw lmihrajan dyal lmusi9a had sif
“We're going to the music festival this summer.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mihrajan” but also “mahrajan”, “mi8rajan”, “mehrajan” and “mhrajan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “mihrajan” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “festival, cultural event”; “celebration, large public festivity”: mahrajane in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “festival”; “public celebration”: mahrajen in Tunisian.