ghna غنا
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ghna” (غنا) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning singing, song, sung music.
Meanings
- singing, song, sung music
- to sing (verb ghanna)
Usage
Ghna denotes singing or sung music in general: "ghna cha3bi" (popular song), "ghna tounsi", "ye7eb el ghna" (he likes singing, song). A specific song is called ghneya. The same Arabic spelling is also used for the verb ghanna (he sang), with present tense ygħanni: "ma ghanna 7atta ghneya" (he didn't sing a single song). Context distinguishes the noun from the verb. Common register, used about parties, weddings, concerts and artists.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghna” but also “8na”, “ghena” and “ghnaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “ghna” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to sing”; “to sing a song for someone”: ghenna in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to sing”; “to perform a song”: ghenna in Algerian.