zit زيت
Algerian Darja · noun
“zit” (زيت) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning oil (cooking).
Meanings
- oil (cooking)
- olive oil
Usage
Zit means oil, first of all cooking oil. With the article, it is ezzit. Depending on context and region, plain zit can mean olive oil, which is otherwise specified as "zit zitoun". The word appears in many cooking expressions: "bezzit" (in oil), "zid chwiya zit" (add a little oil). For motor oil, the French loan "l'huile" is also used. It is a masculine collective noun, used without a common plural.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zit” but also “zite”, “ezzit” and “zeit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “zit” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “oil (cooking, esp. olive oil)”; “engine oil”: zit in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “oil (cooking)”; “oil (engine, cosmetic)”: zit in Tunisian.