jnina جنينة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jnina” (جنينة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning garden.
Meanings
- garden
- public park
Usage
Jnina means a house's garden, whether cultivated or ornamental, and also a public park. The most common plural is jneyen. One says jnint el 7ayawanet for "the zoo", literally "garden of the animals". The word often evokes the family garden planted with fruit trees, mint or jasmine. It belongs to the everyday, common register. It should not be confused with janin, "fetus", a Standard Arabic word whose spelling is similar.
Example
أمي تزرع النعناع في الجنينة.
ommi tezra3 enna3na3 fil jnina.
“My mother grows mint in the garden.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jnina” but also “jnaina”, “jneina”, “jnena” and “gnina”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.