tanjra طنجرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tanjra” (طنجرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning cooking pot, large deep pot.
Meanings
- cooking pot, large deep pot
- lower part of a couscous steamer
Usage
Tanjra refers to a deep kitchen vessel with handles, used to boil water, cook sauces or simmer dishes. Traditionally made of tinned copper, it is now most often stainless steel or aluminium. One says "tanjra mta3 ma" for a pot of water. For an ordinary saucepan with a handle, kasrouna is used instead. For a pressure cooker, the word is cocotte. The usual plural is tnajer. The word belongs to everyday life and home cooking. It has no particular connotation.
Example
حطّ الطنجرة على النار باش يغلي الماء.
7ott e-tanjra 3al nar bech yghli el ma.
“Put the pot on the fire so the water boils.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tanjra” but also “tenjra”, “tanjara”, “tanjera” and “tangra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tanjra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pot, saucepan”: tanjra in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “pot, saucepan”: tanjra in Algerian.