“Jeans” in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Jeans” (the noun, as in one pair of jeans) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Djin

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

دجين (m)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Jeans” (the noun, as in multiple pairs of jeans) is written using the Latin script as:

Djinet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

دجينات

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I like your blue jeans.”

Ma7leh djinek lazra9.

.محلاه دجينك الأزرق

 
“Where did you buy the jeans?”

(singular) Mnin chrit djinek?

(plural) Mnin chrit djinetek?

منين شريت دجينك؟ (singular)

منين شريت دجيناتك؟ (plural)

 
“How much for this pair of jeans?”

B9addech el djin hetha?

بقدّاش الدجين هذا؟

 
“Do you know a tailor who can fix my jeans?”

(singular) Ta3rafchi terzi ynajam ysala7li djini?

(plural) Ta3rafchi terzi ynajam ysala7li djineti?

تعرفشي تارزي ينجم يصلّحلي دجيني؟ (singular)

تعرفشي تارزي ينجم يصلّحلي دجيناتي؟ (plural)

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Jeans” in Lebanese Arabic