How to say “skullcap” in Darija
In Moroccan, you say “ta9iya”; in Tunisian, “3ara9iya”.
In Moroccan Darija
ta9iya طاقية
A noun meaning “skullcap, small cap”; “woolly hat”.
جدي ديما كيلبس الطاقية نهار الجمعة.: “My grandfather always wears the skullcap on Fridays.”
In Tunisian Derja
3ara9iya عرقية
A noun meaning “skullcap, small cap”; “ethnic (adjective, from Standard Arabic)”.
لاباس جلباب و عرّقيّة و برنوس مقمّط في جد امّه ...: “He's wearing a djellaba, a skullcap and a burnous, bundled up like his mother's grandfather…”