tajine طاجين
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tajine” (طاجين) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning Tunisian tajine, egg gratin.
Meanings
- Tunisian tajine, egg gratin
- earthenware dish
- baked egg dish
Usage
In Tunisia, tajine is not the Moroccan stew simmered under a conical lid. It is an oven-baked dish, close to a thick frittata or a gratin, made with beaten eggs and cheese. Meat or chicken, parsley, and sometimes potatoes or spinach are added. It is cut into squares and often served as a starter, especially during Ramadan and on festive occasions. Variants are named with a complement: tajine malsouka, tajine bel ri9ouda (with ricotta).
Example
أمّي عملت طاجين بالدجاج للعشاء.
ommi 3amlet tajine bel djej lel 3cha.
“My mother made a chicken tajine for dinner.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tajine” but also “tajin”, “tejin”, “tejine”, “tajeen” and “tagine”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find طاجين and طجين, all the same word.
Type “tajine” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “stew cooked in a clay pot”; “clay dish with conical lid”: tajine in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “tajine, slow-cooked stew”; “earthenware cooking dish or vessel”: tajine in Algerian.