mikanisyan ميكانيسيان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mikanisyan” (ميكانيسيان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning mechanic, garage worker.
Meanings
- mechanic, garage worker
Usage
Mikanisyan is an adapted loan from French "mécanicien". It is the usual word for the person who repairs cars or motorbikes. It is used with the article, lmikanisyan, and the plural is mikanisyanat. People also refer to the workshop this way, saying "I'm going to the mechanic's": ghadi l'end lmikanisyan. The word is in the everyday register and is used in all regions. It differs from mikaniki, which is more of a learned adjective meaning "mechanical".
Example
الطوموبيل خاصها تمشي عند الميكانيسيان
tomobil khassha tmchi 3nd lmikanisyan
“The car needs to go to the mechanic.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mikanisyan” but also “mikanician”, “mecanicien”, “mikanisian” and “mecanician”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mikanisyan” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “car mechanic”; “machine mechanic, technician”: mekanisyen in Tunisian.