tari9a طريقة
Algerian Darja · noun
“tari9a” (طريقة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning way, manner.
Meanings
- way, manner
- method, means
Usage
In speech it is often pronounced triqa. The form ṭariqa belongs to a more careful register. The word is used for the way of doing or being something: triqet klamek, "your way of speaking". It also refers to the means of getting something: kayen triqa? means "is there a way?". The construction b had triqa means "this way". The plural is torqan or ṭuruq. Do not confuse it with triq, "the road, the path". The two words are close, but triqa keeps the abstract sense of "manner".
Example
عجبتني الطريقة باش طيّبتها.
3jbetni triqa bach tayebtha.
“I liked the way you cooked it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tari9a” but also “triqa”, “tariqa”, “tri9a” and “tari9e”. 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 “tari9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “way, manner”; “method, procedure”: tari9a in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “way, manner of doing”; “method, procedure”: tari9a in Tunisian.