melyoun مليون
Tunisian Derja · numeral
“melyoun” (مليون) is a numeral in Tunisian Derja meaning million.
Meanings
- million
- a thousand dinars (counting in millimes)
Usage
Melyoun means "million" and has the plural malayin. In everyday life in Tunisia, money is often counted in millimes. A "melyoun" then means a million millimes, i.e. a thousand dinars: "3echrin melyoun" means twenty thousand dinars. This usage is very common for cars, rents, salaries and real estate, and it confuses English speakers. Context shows whether it is a real million, for example of inhabitants, or this familiar monetary unit.
Example
شرا كرهبة بعشرين مليون.
chra karhba b 3echrin melyoun.
“He bought a car for twenty melyoun (twenty thousand dinars).”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “melyoun” but also “malyoun”, “milyoun”, “mlyoun” and “melyoon”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “melyoun” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “million”; “million centimes (ten thousand dirhams)”: mlyoun in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “million”; “ten thousand dinars (a million centimes)”: melyoun in Algerian.