tawa طاوة
Algerian Darja · noun
“tawa” (طاوة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning frying pan, cooking pan.
Meanings
- frying pan, cooking pan
- handleless metal pan
Usage
Tawa refers to a flat, shallow metal cooking utensil. Depending on the region and the family, it is either a frying pan with a handle or a round pan without a handle, placed directly on the fire. Food is fried in it, and chakchouka or eggs are cooked in it. It should not be confused with the clay "tajine", nor with the "tebsi", which is the serving dish. The word belongs to everyday household vocabulary and is used throughout Algeria. The plural is "tawat".
Example
حطي الطاوة على النار
hotti ttawa 3la nnar
“Put the pan on the fire.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tawa” but also “ttawa”, “6awa” and “taoua”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).
Type “tawa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “frying pan”; “flat-bottomed cooking pan”: tawa in Moroccan.