naja7 نجاح
Moroccan Darija · noun
“naja7” (نجاح) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning success, achievement.
Meanings
- success, achievement
- passing an exam
Usage
Naja7 refers to success in general, and very often to success at school: one congratulates someone "3la naja7", "on their success". The word is masculine and is often used with "dyal": "naja7 dyalek", "your success". It belongs to a neutral register and appears in good wishes, for example "kantmenna lik nnaja7". The corresponding verb is "nje7", "to succeed". The sense of "popular success" (a hit film) is less common; people rather speak of what "nje7".
Example
نجاح ديالو فرح واليديه
naja7 dialo fre7 walidih
“His success made his parents happy.”
Forms
| plural | naja7at |
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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 “naja7” but also “najah”, “nnaja7” and “naja7e”. 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 “naja7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “success, achievement”; “passing an exam”: najah in Algerian.