min7a منحة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“min7a” (منحة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning study scholarship.
Meanings
- study scholarship
- financial aid, grant
Usage
Min7a is very common in Morocco, especially among students. It refers to the university grant paid by the state, or a scholarship to study abroad. It is also used for financial aid or a grant in general. Common expressions include khda l-min7a (to get the scholarship), tle3at l-min7a (the scholarship has been paid out) and 3tawh min7a (they gave him a scholarship). The plural is min7at. The word comes from Standard Arabic but is fully part of everyday speech.
Example
كون غير قدرت ناخد منحة
koun ghir 9dert nakhoud min7a
“If only I could have gotten a scholarship.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “min7a” but also “minha”, “men7a” and “mn7a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “min7a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “scholarship, study grant”; “allowance, financial aid”: men7a in Tunisian.