mizania ميزانية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mizania” (ميزانية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning budget.
Meanings
- budget
Usage
Mizaniya means budget, whether of the state, a company or a household. The word comes from Standard Arabic and dominates in the media and in administrative register. In casual conversation, it is also common to say budget as in French, or simply to talk about flouss (money). It is often used with ma kafyach (is not enough) or ma kaykfich, for example to complain about hard times at the end of the month.
Example
الميزانية ديال هاد الشهر ما كافياش
l-mizaniya dyal had ch-chhar ma kafyach
“This month's budget is not enough.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mizania” but also “mizaniya”, “mizaniyya” and “mizanya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.