What does “menshen” (منشن) mean in Arabic?

فوائد الأذن الكبيرة وثقتها وحظها في الحياة

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منشن (menshen)
Arabic social-media loanword
“tag (someone)” — English “mention” turned into an Arabic verb

منشن is English “mention” living a full Arabic life: on social media it means to tag someone, and Arabic conjugates it like any verb — منشنّي (“tag me”), منشنته (“I tagged him”). This clip ends on the format’s classic call to action: منشن صاحب الأذن الكبيرة — “tag your big-eared friend.” If you follow any Arabic creator, you’ll meet this word within a day.

It travels with a whole imported social-media lexicon — لايك, شير, فولو, بلوك — all borrowed wholesale and re-verbed (بلكته = “I blocked him”). The clip itself is a mock listicle of the perks of big ears, delivered in the ranking formula worth keeping: أولاً... ثانياً... ثالثاً (“first... second... third”), before the منشن punchline.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this A2 Arabic listening practice video?

93.8%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Arabic words
Most of the words in this video are common Arabic words.

How common in Arabic

81.3%
Top 1,000
93.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Arabic

96.6%
Top 1,000
100%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than A2. Here is what they mean.

الاذن
2×
Not in top 5,000
اذنه
1×
Not in top 5,000
الضروره
1×
Not in top 5,000
العاليه
1×
Not in top 5,000
بالثقه
1×
Not in top 5,000
صاحب الاذن الكبيره
1×
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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