mouraja3a مراجعة
Algerian Darja · noun
“mouraja3a” (مراجعة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning revision (studying before an exam).
Meanings
- revision (studying before an exam)
- review, checking over work
Usage
A Standard Arabic word well established in school and university speech in Algeria. It is used mainly for revising before an exam or the baccalaureate: "dir mouraja3a", "ndir mouraja3a". It is also used for the revision session a teacher organizes: "ostad, dirlna mouraja3a". In everyday speech, many people also say "révision" or the verb "nrévisi". The sense of checking a document or a video exists, but belongs to a more formal register. It is also heard pronounced "mraja3a", with a reduced initial vowel.
Example
غدوة عندي امتحان، لازم ندير مراجعة الليلة
ghodwa 3andi imti7an, lazem ndir mouraja3a lil
“Tomorrow I have an exam, I have to revise tonight.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mouraja3a” but also “mraja3a”, “muraja3a” and “moraja3a”. 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 “mouraja3a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “revision (of lessons)”; “proofreading, checking”: moraja3a in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “revision (of lessons)”; “review, reassessment”: mraj3a in Tunisian.