3odwiya عضوية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“3odwiya” (عضوية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning membership, being a member.
Meanings
- membership, being a member
Usage
The noun 3oDwiya refers to being a member of a club, an association, a union or a party. It is found mostly in registration procedures, for example bita9at l3oDwiya, "membership card". It also appears in the verb phrase khelleS l3oDwiya, "to pay the membership fee". The word is inherited from Standard Arabic and keeps an administrative flavour. In conversation, people may also simply say l'carte or l'abonnement, depending on the context.
Example
خصك تجدد العضوية ديالك فالنادي
khassek tjedded l3oDwiya dyalek f nnadi
“You have to renew your membership at the club.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3odwiya” but also “3odwia” and “3odouiya”. 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.