maw3id موعد
Algerian Darja · noun
“maw3id” (موعد) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning appointment.
Meanings
- appointment
- set date, deadline
Usage
Maw3id means an appointment or an agreed date. The word is understood everywhere, but it belongs to a fairly formal register. In everyday conversation, people very often say rendez-vous (pronounced "randivou"), especially at the doctor's or in administration. Maw3id appears more in writing, in the media, in announcements, or in an expression like ana f maw3id ("I am at the appointment"). Typical phrases are dda maw3id (to make an appointment) and 3andi maw3id (I have an appointment). The plural is mawa3id.
Example
عندي موعد عند الطبيب غدوة
3andi maw3id 3and tbib ghodwa
“I have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “maw3id” but also “mow3id”, “maw3ed”, “mou3id” and “maou3id”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “maw3id” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “appointment”; “set date, deadline”: maw3id in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “appointment”; “set date, deadline”: maw3ed in Tunisian.