7efla حفلة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7efla” (حفلة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning party, reception.
Meanings
- party, reception
- concert, musical show
- ceremony (end of year, awards)
Usage
7efla refers to an organized party or celebration: a school party, a birthday, an end-of-year reception. It is also used for a concert or musical show: 7efla dyal flan, "so-and-so's concert". The plural is 7aflat. For a wedding, l3ers is the usual word. For a traditional family or religious celebration, people say lfrra7 or l3id instead. You say 3mel 7efla, "to throw a party", and 7Der l chi 7efla, "to attend a party". The word is neutral and used in all registers.
Example
عندهم حفلة ف المدرسة
3ndhoum 7fla f lmdrassa
“They have a party at school.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7efla” but also “7fla”, “hafla”, “7afla” and “7ifla”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7efla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “party, celebration”; “concert, musical show”: 7afla in Tunisian.