njjar نجّار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“njjar” (نجّار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning carpenter.
Meanings
- carpenter
Usage
Njjar refers to the woodworking craftsman: a joiner or carpenter. He is the one you go to for having furniture, doors or windows made or repaired. The plural is "njjara", and the trade is called "njara". It is often used with "3end", "at (someone's place)": "mchit 3end njjar". The word is common throughout Morocco. It does not apply to the aluminium fitter, who is usually called by the borrowed word "aluminium" or "l2alumini".
Example
سير قد طابلة عند نجار
sir 9ad tabla 3end njar
“Go get a table fixed at the carpenter's.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “njjar” but also “njar”, “nejjar” and “nnjjar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “njjar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “carpenter, joiner”: najjar in Tunisian.