louz اللوز
Algerian Darja · noun
“louz” (اللوز) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning almonds.
Meanings
- almonds
- almond tree
Usage
El-louz means almonds, as a collective. For a single almond, you say louza or habba ta3 louz. The word is everywhere in pastry: many traditional festive cakes contain them. The best known is qalb el-louz ("almond heart"), a semolina pastry soaked in syrup, widely eaten during Ramadan. The word also means the tree, the almond tree, when the context is agricultural. Note: the peanut is called kawkaw, not louz.
Example
شريت اللوز باش ندير الحلويات تاع العيد
chrit llouz bach ndir l7elwiyat ta3 l3id
“I bought almonds to make the Eid sweets.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “louz” but also “llouz”, “lewz” and “loz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “louz” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “almonds”; “almond tree”: louz in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “almonds”; “almond tree”: louz in Tunisian.