barwita برويطة
Algerian Darja · noun
“barwita” (برويطة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning wheelbarrow.
Meanings
- wheelbarrow
Usage
Barwiṭa is an adaptation of the French "brouette". It is the usual word for this one-wheeled, two-handled tool, used mostly on building sites and in gardens. The term is neutral and understood everywhere. For example: ymeddu f lbarwiṭa (to carry by wheelbarrow). The plural is barwiṭat. In casual speech it can be used to mock a slow or dilapidated vehicle. The word is pronounced with an emphatic "ṭ", and its Latin spelling varies a lot online.
Example
جيب البرويطة باش نهزو الرمل.
jib lbarwiṭa bach nhezzou rremel.
“Bring the wheelbarrow so we can carry the sand.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “barwita” but also “brouita”, “berwita”, “barouita” and “barwi6a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).
Type “barwita” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wheelbarrow”; “vendor's handcart”: berwita in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “wheelbarrow”; “street vendor's cart”: brouita in Tunisian.