lajna لجنة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“lajna” (لجنة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning committee, commission.
Meanings
- committee, commission
- examination board
Usage
Lajna means a committee or commission, especially in political, administrative and association contexts: "lajnet ettachri3", the legislation committee. In the construct state, it is pronounced lajnet. The word is also used for an examination or recruitment panel: "el lajna 9a3da tes2el", the panel is asking questions. In conversation, it is sometimes used ironically to mock the tendency to set up committees that settle nothing: "3amlou lajna", they formed a committee. The plural is lijen.
Example
اللجنة باش تعطي النتيجة غدوة.
el lajna bech ta3ti ennatija ghodwa.
“The committee will give the result tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lajna” but also “lajnet”, “lejna” and “lajnaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lajna” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “committee, commission”; “jury (exam, competition)”: lajna in Moroccan.