zzin الزين
Moroccan Darija · noun
“zzin” (الزين) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning beauty.
Meanings
- beauty
- what is beautiful
Usage
Zzin, or lzin, is the form of zin with the article. The word refers to physical beauty, but also to moral beauty. The same word works as an adjective ("beautiful") and as a noun ("beauty"); context decides. It appears in many expressions and sayings, as well as in compliments. For example, "3endha zzin" means "she has beauty". The construction "… d zzin" describes a charming feature: "l-7fra d zzin" is a dimple. Watch out: without the article, zin is most often an adjective or a first name.
Example
الزين إيلا زين الفعل
lzin ila zin lf3al
“Beauty is when actions are beautiful.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zzin” but also “zine”, “lzin”, “zzine” and “alzzine”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “zzin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “beauty”; “what is beautiful, good”: ezzine in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “beauty”; “what is beautiful, the good”: ezzine in Tunisian.