babouch بابوش
Algerian Darja · noun
“babouch” (بابوش) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning babouche, heel-less slipper.
Meanings
- babouche, heel-less slipper
Usage
Babouch refers to a light, heel-less shoe, often embroidered, worn mostly at home or with traditional dress. French borrowed the word as "babouche". It is also used for indoor slippers in general. The register is everyday. Pitfall: do not confuse it with bebbouch (with a doubled b), which means the snail and the snails-in-sauce dish sold on the street. For flip-flops or thongs, people usually say chlaka.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “babouch” but also “babouche” and “baboush”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.