ajnabi اجنبي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“ajnabi” (اجنبي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning foreign (from another country).
Meanings
- foreign (from another country)
- a foreigner
Usage
Ajnabi describes what comes from another country: lé3eb ajnabi, "a foreign player", jaych ajnabi, "a foreign army". Used as a noun, it means a foreigner. The feminine is ajnabiya, the plural ajéneb. The word is common in sport, especially for players recruited from outside Tunisia, and in politics. To describe a person who is a stranger to a family or a neighbourhood, people usually say barrani instead. Ajnabi refers first of all to nationality.
Example
الفريق جاب زوز لعابة أجانب هالعام.
el ferri9 jeb zouz l3eba ajeneb ha3am.
“The team signed two foreign players this year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ajnabi” but also “ajnebi”, “ajnbi” and “ejnebi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ajnabi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “foreign, from another country”; “a foreigner (person)”: ajnabi in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “foreign, from another country”; “a foreigner (person)”: ajnabi in Algerian.