3odwi عضوي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“3odwi” (عضوي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning organic.
Meanings
- organic
Usage
The adjective 3oDwi, "organic", is borrowed from Standard Arabic and belongs to a rather formal or technical register. It is heard in agriculture, health and advertising, for example smad 3oDwi, "organic fertilizer", or fla7a 3oDwiya, "organic farming". The feminine is 3oDwiya. For food products, everyday conversation often prefers the French word "bio". The adjective comes after the noun, like all adjectives in darija.
Example
هاد الخضرة عضوية، بلا دوا
had lkhoDra 3oDwiya, bla dwa
“These vegetables are organic, with no pesticides.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3odwi” but also “3odwiya” and “3odoui”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.