mntouj منتوج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mntouj” (منتوج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning product (commercial).
Meanings
- product (commercial)
- output, result of work
Usage
Mntouj refers to a manufactured or sold product: food, cosmetic, handcrafted. The word is very common in trade, advertising and conversations about shopping: mntouj mghribi, "Moroccan product", mntouj asli, "original, authentic product". The plural is mntoujat. It can also refer more broadly to the fruit of a work or creation. The French word "produit", adapted as prodwi, is also heard, especially for household or beauty products; mntouj is suitable in all registers.
Example
راه منتوج أصلي.
rah mntouj asli.
“It's an authentic product.”
Forms
| plural | mntoujat |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mntouj” but also “mentouj”, “mantouj”, “mantoj” and “mntoj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mntouj” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “product (commercial, manufactured)”; “produce, output, harvest”: mentouj in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “product (commercial, industrial)”; “output, harvest”: mantouj in Tunisian.