balto بالطو
Algerian Darja · noun
“balto” (بالطو) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning coat.
Meanings
- coat
- overcoat
Usage
"Balto" is a common word for a coat, the warm garment worn over other clothes in winter. The plural is "baltowat". It is used for both men and women, in a colloquial, everyday register. It competes with "mento", taken directly from French "manteau", which is also heard a lot depending on region and generation. For example: "lbes balto" (put on a coat).
Example
لبس البالطو راهو برد
lbes el balto raho bred
“Put your coat on, it's cold.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “balto” but also “baltto”, “paltou” and “baltou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “balto” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “coat”; “overcoat, long jacket”: balto in Moroccan.