tanbih تنبيه
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tanbih” (تنبيه) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning warning, caution.
Meanings
- warning, caution
- reminder, alert
- notification (phone)
Usage
Tanbih means a warning, spoken or written. The context can be administrative ("tanbih kitabi," a written warning at work), school-related or family-related. Common constructions are "3tah tanbih" (he gave him a warning) and "wsslo tanbih" (he received a warning). It is also used for an alert or a notification on a phone or website. The plural is tanbihat. The register is rather neutral, even formal. In everyday life, people often say more simply "nbbehtou" (I warned him), from the verb nebbeh.
Example
المدير عطاه تنبيه حيت تعطل
l-mudir 3tah tanbih 7it t3etel
“The manager gave him a warning because he was late.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tanbih” but also “tnbih”, “tnbi8” and “tanbi8”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.