marmita مرميطة
Algerian Darja · noun
“marmita” (مرميطة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning pot, large saucepan.
Meanings
- pot, large saucepan
Usage
Marmita is a borrowing from French "marmite", well integrated into darja. It means the pot or large saucepan in which sauces, soups and stews are cooked. The word belongs to everyday kitchen vocabulary. It is used with the article: el marmita. For example: 7ot el marmita fouq ennar, "put the pot on the fire". It coexists with qedra or tanjra, depending on region and family. Those two words also refer to a cooking vessel. The Arabic spelling varies, with or without a final tâ.
Example
حط المرميطة فوق النار
7ot el marmita fouq ennar
“Put the pot on the fire.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “marmita” but also “marmite” and “mermita”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.