sawwet صوت
Algerian Darja · verb
“sawwet” (صوت) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to vote.
Meanings
- to vote
- voice, sound (read sout)
Usage
With the shadda, sawwet means "to vote": "sawwet 3lih" ("he voted for him"). The word comes up mainly during election periods, and the French "voter" is also heard a lot. Note: without vowels, the same spelling is most often read sout, the noun meaning "voice, sound". This is by far the most frequent use in online writing: "sout el 7isan" ("the sound of the horse"), "sotek chbab" ("your voice is beautiful"). So you have to rely on context to tell the verb from the noun.
Example
روحت نصوّت الصباح
rou7t nsawwet sba7
“I went to vote this morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sawwet” but also “sawet”, “sout”, “sot” and “sawt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sawwet” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to vote, cast one's vote”; “to vote for someone”: sawwet in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “voice”; “sound, noise”: sout in Tunisian.