A to Z words in Darija (game)

LallaA · June 29, 2009, 10:34am

N - Nayda (its moving) , Nbghiha (i love her) , Naseeb (fate)

achminfar9 · June 29, 2009, 7:45pm

lokhra- the other one

Paperbird · June 29, 2009, 9:17pm

P - parabool (sattelite dish)

Darija_Noob · July 1, 2009, 12:57pm

:mdr: I found a new darija rule / all words starting with ‘p’ are electronic devices.

Q
Qahwa (coffee)
Qamis (shirt)
Qit (cat ?)
Qdrt (I can), Qdrti (you can)

Paperbird · July 1, 2009, 1:32pm

:mdr: I found a new darija rule / all words starting with ‘p’ are electronic devices.[/quote]
& ‘V’ too but not all !

R - rkb (ride), rfd (carry), rsm (draw/paint)

Darija_Noob · July 1, 2009, 2:38pm

S

Souq (market)
sâlâ (finish)
sdd (close)
sma3 (hear/listen)

LallaA · July 2, 2009, 5:33am

T - Tkellem (Speak)

Tkellem bchwia 3afak - speak slowly please

ta3 - of/dial

MarocMama · July 2, 2009, 4:19pm

U - Umm Mother

LallaA · July 3, 2009, 9:59am

V - valiz ? (luggage) , Volkswagon

Darija_Noob · July 3, 2009, 12:37pm

I’d say baliza for luggage.

W wakh-kha (ok), wlad (son), wast (center/middle), wazir (minister)

LallaA · July 13, 2009, 9:00am

Oh thx darija noob

Y - Yak? (isn’t it?)

Jonquix · July 14, 2009, 4:08pm

Zîtoun - olive. (What about the plural btw?)

Unique.Me · August 8, 2009, 11:41am

[center]7oot “smka - Fish” <- excuse me , still a beginner[/center]

LallaA · August 13, 2009, 6:53am

7oot is fish, youre right Unique. :okay:

I believe 3 comes beforee 7 though, so i’ll do 3 - 3wicha (diminutive of 3icha, my name)

LallaA · August 21, 2009, 7:41am

Helloooo, nobody has anymore words to offer???

9- 9ahwa (coffee), 9abl (before), 9areeb (close)

Yalla people, wake up!

lise_c · August 21, 2009, 7:55am

I don’t know what letter comes after 9 / q , so meanwhile I’ll do a few more words with 9 / q

qdim / ??? old

qT3 / ??? cut

qamija / ??? shirt

LallaA · August 22, 2009, 2:22am

After 9 comes A. if you look at the first page of this thread the order is there… but thanks for your addition lise_c

A - Amrikan (america) I THINK

lise_c · August 22, 2009, 11:31am

Thanks, LallaAicha. I’ve had a look.

I think there are a few different versions of ‘America’. The Peace Corps Manual gives ‘mirikan’.

So, next letter B :

belgha = Moroccan slippers

b7al b7al = same

bint = girl / daughter

bgha = want / like / stay (and other meanings, I think)

LallaA · August 23, 2009, 12:17am

Cool, thanks Lise_c. i think maybe its just an accent/region variation perhaps.

C - Chi wa7d - someone

lise_c · August 23, 2009, 2:48am

Just a note for newcomers to darija : there is no such letter as C in Arabic, the c sound as in cat is represented by the letter ‘k’/ ?, and the c sound as in cinema by the letter ‘s’/?. The ‘ch’ in transliteration (also often written as ‘sh’) is one letter in Arabic ?.

Next D. Now here’s another tricky one, because there are actually two kinds of D’s in Arabic, usually represented by d and D in transliteration.

Here are a few words of each :

dar = house
drari = children
dima = always
da = to take

Dreb = to hit
Daruri = necessary / essential
Duw = light / electricity
Duwwar = village