jne7 جناح
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jne7” (جناح) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning wing (of a bird, plane).
Meanings
- wing (of a bird, plane)
- wing (of a building)
- stand; hotel suite
Usage
Jne7 first means the wing of a bird, an insect or an aircraft. The most common plural is jwene7. Figuratively, ygoss jne7ou, "cut his wings", means to restrict someone's freedom or keep them from getting ahead. In a more formal register, the word also means a wing of a building, a fair stand or a hotel suite (jne7 malaki). With a pronoun, the vowel drops: jne7i, "my wing", jne7ou, "his wing". In cooking, for chicken wings, people often use the French word "ailes".
Example
يحبّوا يقصّوا لي جناحي
y7ebbou ygossouli jne7i
“They want to clip my wings.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jne7” but also “jene7”, “jna7”, “jnah” and “jeneh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “jne7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wing (of a bird, insect, plane)”; “wing of a building”: jna7 in Moroccan.