triq طريق
Algerian Darja · noun
“triq” (طريق) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning road, path.
Meanings
- road, path
- route, direction
- way, way of life
Usage
Triq is the usual word for a road or path. It appears in very common expressions: "f triq" (on the way, en route), "triq Wahran" (the road to Oran), "3la triq" (on the way, in passing). Figuratively, it denotes a moral path, as in "yemchi f triq lhlal" (to follow the straight path). The plural is torqan. For a street in a town, zenqa or French "rue" is more usual. "Triq salama" is said to wish someone a good trip. The word is often written tri9 in arabizi.
Example
راني فالطريق، عشر دقايق ونوصل
rani f triq, 3cher dqayeq w nwsel
“I'm on the way, I'll be there in ten minutes.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “triq” but also “tri9”, “trig” and “tri2”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “triq” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “road, path”; “street, way”: tri9 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “road, street”; “way, journey”: tri9 in Tunisian.