bent بنت
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bent” (بنت) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning daughter (someone's child).
Meanings
- daughter (someone's child)
- girl, young woman
Usage
Bent means both someone's daughter and a girl or young woman in general. The plural is bnet and the diminutive is bnaya, very common for "a (young) girl". The word forms many kinship terms: bent 3am or bent khal (cousin), bent okhti or bent khouya (niece). It also appears in expressions: bent omha ("like mother, like daughter"), bent bled (a girl from the country) and bent nes (a girl from a good family). Before a noun, you say bent followed by the noun, with no article: bent el jiran, the neighbours' daughter.
Example
اخي , اختي , بنت اختي !
A5i , O5ti , bent O5ti !
“My brother, my sister, my sister's daughter!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bent” but also “bnt” and “bint”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bent” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “girl, young woman”; “daughter”: bent in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “girl, young woman”; “daughter”: bent in Algerian.