ma9rouna مقرونة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ma9rouna” (مقرونة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning pasta.
Meanings
- pasta
- pasta dish in sauce
Usage
Ma9rouna means pasta in general, raw or cooked, and especially the family dish of pasta in a spicy tomato sauce, often with meat or chicken. It is a singular collective noun: you say "ma9rouna" without pluralizing it. Several expressions specify the preparation, such as "ma9rouna jarya", pasta served with plenty of sauce, or "ma9rouna fel forn", baked pasta. The word belongs to the basic vocabulary of home cooking and is used in all registers.
Example
اليوم أمي طيّبت مقرونة بالدجاج.
lyoum ommi tayybet ma9rouna bel djej.
“Today my mother cooked pasta with chicken.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma9rouna” but also “makrouna”, “maqrouna”, “ma9arouna” and “makarouna”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.