Moroccan Arabic

This article shows some Moroccan words which are analyzed as Libyan, Algerian and other Arabic dialects. The “A dictionary of Moroccan Arabic” is helped in this. The table that shows below is formed by words from this dictionary for the letter “A”.

A dictionary of Moroccan Arabic

Moroccan	Probably writing	Translation	Arabic meanings	Simil.
ab	اب	father	father	+
Abadan	ابدم	never, not at all	blood	—
abaad	اباد	eternity	to destroy	—
abril	ابريل	April	April	+
abu-l-hawl	ابو الهول	the Sphinx	The Sphinx	+
ada	اد	to hurt, to harm	—	—
adami	ادم	human-being, courteous	Adam	+-
adab	ادب	politeness	literature	—
adiya	ادية	evil, nuisance	—	—
aden	ادن	to allow, to permit, permission	be bereaved	—
afat	افت	accident	—	—
afraq	افرك اهرق	partition	I rib lighten	—
agwal	اسول	kind of long	—	—
ahl	احل اهل	parents, family	to resolve kin	— +
ahliya	الي الية	qualification	to me, to mechanism	—
ala	هل الة	musical instrument	do you machine	—
ali	الي	musician, instrumentalist	to me	—
ama	اما	what,which	as for	—
amal	امال	hope, wish	hopes	+
amalus	امالس امالص املس املص	nud, wish	— — smooth disease	—
aman	امن امان	peace, trust	security safety	+-
emene	امنة امانة	in trust, sth. Trusted	safe honesty	+-
amin	امن	administrator	security	—
amen	امن	to believe	security	—
amer	امر	to offer, to allow	commend	—
amrel	امرة	crickets	order	—
aqell	اكل اقل	less	he ate less	— +
aqelliya	اكلية اقلية	minorit	college minority	— +
ara	ار	give, pass	—	—
asaf	اسف	regret	sorry	+-
asily	اسلي اصلي	pure	— native	— —
asbar	اسبر اصبر	battlement	probe be patient	— —
atar	اتر	trace, historical moment	chord	—
atat	اتت اتات	furniture	came —	— —
ati	اتي ات	next, following	came coming, at	— +-
awan	اون	present, at this time	on	—
axiren	اكسرن اقسرن اكصرن اقصرن	finally, ultimately	extem they broke excerpt they didn’t	— — — —

 

Resources,

“A dictionary of Moroccan Arabic”, Richard S. Harrell.

This article was written by Ilya Duchanin.

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