fari9 فريق
Algerian Darja · noun
“fari9” (فريق) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning team (sports).
Meanings
- team (sports)
- work team, crew
Usage
A word of standard origin, very common in Algeria, especially in football. One says "lfari9 lwatani" for the national team. The plural is "fira9". In everyday conversation it competes with the French loan "l'équipe" (likip). The latter is often preferred when talking about a club. "Fari9" keeps a slightly more formal nuance, that of the language of the media and commentators. It also refers to a group of people who work together.
Example
الفريق الوطني ربح البارح.
lfari9 lwatani rbah lbareh.
“The national team won yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fari9” but also “fariq”, “farik” and “fere9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “fari9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “team (sport, work)”; “group of people”: fari9 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sports team”; “group of people working together”: fari9 in Tunisian.