matrag مطرڨ
Algerian Darja · noun
“matrag” (مطرڨ) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning stick, club.
Meanings
- stick, club
- truncheon
- blow with a stick
Usage
Matrag (plural mtareg) refers to a fairly thick stick, a club or a truncheon. It is used both literally and figuratively: in informal speech, receiving mtareg means getting beaten, and it is also used jokingly to threaten someone with a thrashing. The pronunciation matrek is also heard. The word belongs to the everyday, informal register, without being vulgar. Note: it is not used for a simple branch or a thin rod, which is rather called 3oud.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “matrag” but also “mattrag”, “mtrag” and “matrek”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.