ghni غني
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“ghni” (غني) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning rich, wealthy.
Meanings
- rich, wealthy
- rich in something
Usage
Ghni describes a person who has wealth: rajel ghni (a rich man). The plural is ghnaya or aghniya, more in a formal register. In casual conversation you also hear zengi or 3andou el flous (he has money), which are more expressive. Ghni is the opposite of fa9ir or mesken (poor). The word is also used, more rarely, in the sense of "rich in": akla ghnia bel vitaminet. In a religious context, el Ghni is an attribute of God ("the Self-Sufficient"), a sense not to be confused with the everyday usage.
Example
خالو غني برشا، عندو زوز ديار في الحمامات.
khalou ghni barcha, 3andou zouz dyar fil hammamet.
“His maternal uncle is very rich, he has two houses in Hammamet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghni” but also “8ni”, “ghani” and “ghny”. 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 “ghni” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “rich, wealthy”; “well-off, lacking nothing”: ghani in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “rich, wealthy”; “rich, dense (content)”: ghni in Algerian.