How to say “agriculture” in Darija
In Moroccan, you say “zira3a” and “fla7a”; in Tunisian, “fla7a”.
In Moroccan Darija
zira3a زراعة
A noun meaning “agriculture”; “cultivation, planting”; “organ transplant”.
راه الفسفات مهم في زراعة: “Phosphate is important for agriculture.”
fla7a فلاحة
A noun meaning “agriculture”; “farming, working the land”.
الفلاحة كاتحتاج الشتا: “Agriculture needs rain.”
In Tunisian Derja
fla7a فلاحة
A noun meaning “agriculture, working the land”; “farming operation”.
بابا خلّى الخدمة في تونس ورجع للفلاحة في البلاد: “My father left his job in Tunis and went back to farming back home.”