gazouz قازوز
Algerian Darja · noun
“gazouz” (قازوز) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning fizzy drink, soda.
Meanings
- fizzy drink, soda
- lemonade
Usage
Gazouz refers to any sweet fizzy drink: lemonade, orange soda, cola. It is an everyday word, used at home, in cafés and at the grocery, and understood throughout Algeria. You say kas gazouz for a glass of soda and qar'a gazouz for a bottle. The word is written with a qaf but pronounced with a hard g, as in "gate". It is informal and neutral. It is not used for plain sparkling water, which has a different name. At parties, gazouz is served with the pastries.
Example
جيبلي قرعة قازوز من الحانوت
jibli gar3a gazouz mel hanout
“Bring me a bottle of soda from the grocery.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “gazouz” but also “gazoz” and “gazouze”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find قازوز and ڨازوز, all the same word.
Type “gazouz” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “soft drink, soda”; “fizzy lemonade”: gazouz in Tunisian.