rawa3a روعة
Algerian Darja · noun
“rawa3a” (روعة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning marvel, splendor.
Meanings
- marvel, splendor
- awesome! superb! (exclamation)
Usage
Rawa3a comes from Standard Arabic. It is very common in Algeria for giving compliments, especially in online comments and in writing. It is most often used alone, as an exclamation: "rawa3a !" (awesome!). It can also follow a noun: "fidio rawa3a" (a superb video), "halqa rawa3a" (a great episode). The word is invariable in this use. For emphasis, it is repeated: "rawa3a rawa3a". In casual speech, people also say "chbab", "top" or "mlih bezzaf".
Example
الحلقة تاع اليوم روعة
el halqa ta3 lyoum rawa3a
“Today's episode is awesome.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rawa3a” but also “rawaa”, “raw3a” and “rawa3”. 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 “rawa3a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “magnificent, superb”; “splendor, wonder”: raw3a in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “magnificent, superb”; “marvel”: raw3a in Tunisian.