no9ta نقطة

Algerian Darja · noun

“no9ta” (نقطة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning grade (school).

Meanings

1. grade (school)
2. point (score, sport)
3. point, specific spot

Usage

This word, pronounced no9ta or nogta depending on the region, is very common at school, where it means the grade obtained: jbet no9ta mliha, "I got a good grade". In sport and games, it is used to count points: r3a no9ta, "he won a point". It also refers to a geographical point or a specific place, as well as the graphic dot (punctuation, dot of a letter). The plural is n9ot or n9at. Avoid confusing it with "nuance": it is not used to say "a point of view", which is rendered rather by ra'y.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “no9ta” but also “nogta”, “nokta”, “nu9ta” and “noqta”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “no9ta” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “school grade”; “point (in a list, a talk)”: no9ta in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “point (place, detail, mark)”; “school grade”: no9ta in Tunisian.