sina3a صناعة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sina3a” (صناعة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning industry.
Meanings
- industry
- manufacturing, production
Usage
Sina3a is the learned form, borrowed from standard Arabic. You hear it mainly in the media, at school and in economic vocabulary: sina3a dyal tomobilat (the automotive industry), sina3a t-teqlidiya (traditional crafts). In everyday language, the dialect form sen3a or sna3a has a different meaning: "trade", "know-how". It is found in the proverb sen3a f lyedd... So the two should not be confused. Sina3a refers to the industrial sector, whereas sen3a refers to a person's trade.
Example
الصناعة ديال الطوموبيلات كبرات بزاف فطنجة.
sina3a dyal tomobilat kbrat bzzaf f tanja.
“The automotive industry has grown a lot in Tangier.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sina3a” but also “sinaa3a”, “sinaa” and “sina3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “sina3a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “industry”; “manufacturing, production”: sna3a in Tunisian.