9ana قناة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9ana” (قناة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning television channel.
Meanings
- television channel
- YouTube channel, online channel
- canal (water)
Usage
9ana mainly means a television or radio channel: chnouwa fi el 9ana ?, "what's on the channel?". Before a complement it takes the form 9anat: 9anat Nessma, "the Nessma channel". It is also used for a YouTube channel. In conversation, many Tunisians also say chaîne, in French. The sense of an irrigation "canal" exists but is more formal. The plural is 9anawet.
Example
بدّل القناة، الماتش بدا.
baddel el 9ana, el match bda.
“Change the channel, the match has started.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9ana” but also “9anat”, “qana”, “kana”, “9anet” and “9annet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9ana” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “TV channel”; “online channel (YouTube)”: 9anat in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “TV channel”; “YouTube channel”: 9ana in Algerian.