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Arabébécois word of the day: dépannour (#579)

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Dépanneur Nour

In Québec, le dépanneur is where you buy the stuff that feeds your vice of choice: cigarettes, alcohol, Skittles…

And, in Arabic, “nour” means lumière.

The dépanneur above, serving an Arab community around métro Saint-Michel in Montréal, calls itself dépanneur Nour.

The owner of this dépanneur is obviously offcois:

Above the door, we discover the word dépannour — a playful blend of Québécois and Arabic (a.k.a. arabébécois).

Dépannour



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