tmanin تمانين
Moroccan Darija · numeral
“tmanin” (تمانين) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning eighty.
Meanings
- eighty
Usage
Tmanin is the number eighty. In compound numbers, the unit comes first, followed by w ("and"): khemsa w tmanin, "eighty-five". After this number, the noun stays singular: tmanin 3am, "eighty years", tmanin dirham. For prices, Moroccans often count in ryal or centimes rather than dirhams, which can be confusing: always check the unit. The usual pronunciation is tmanin, with a t and not the th of standard Arabic.
Example
مزيانا ب نسبة ل شي واحد فعمرو خمسة و تمانين عام.
meziana b nisba l chi wa7d f3mro khmsa o tmanin 3am.
“Pretty good for someone who is eighty-five.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tmanin” but also “tamanin”, “tmanine” and “tmnin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.