How to say “girl” in Darija
In Moroccan, you say “bent” and “driya”; in Algerian, “bent”; in Tunisian, “tofla”.
In Moroccan Darija
bent بنت
A noun meaning “girl, young woman”; “daughter”.
هيّة بنت زوينة: “She's a pretty girl.”
driya درية
A noun meaning “girl, young woman”; “little girl, child”.
مشيت خطبت واحد درية مورا ما دوزنا خمس شهور مع بعضياتنا: “I went and asked for a girl's hand in marriage after we had spent five months together.”
In Algerian Darja
bent بنت
A noun meaning “girl, young woman”; “daughter”.
عندو بنت وزوج ولاد: “He has a daughter and two sons.”
In Tunisian Derja
tofla طفلة
A noun meaning “girl, little girl”; “young woman, unmarried girl”; “girlfriend (colloquial)”.
الطفلة هاذي تقرا معايا في نفس القسم: “This girl is in the same class as me.”