فرّان
ferran
/fer-RAN/
communal bread oven / baker
four communal / boulanger
nounmasculinestandard
Cultural note
The neighborhood bread oven where families send their dough to be baked. A social institution in the medina.
In use
سير ل الفرّان، جيب الخبز
Sir l lferran, jib lkhobz
Go to the oven, bring bread
How to say "communal bread oven / baker" in Moroccan Arabic
In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "communal bread oven / baker" is ferran (فرّان), pronounced /fer-RAN/. The French equivalent is "four communal / boulanger." The neighborhood bread oven where families send their dough to be baked. A social institution in the medina.
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