7wayej حوايج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7wayej” (حوايج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning clothes, garments.
Meanings
- clothes, garments
- belongings, things
Usage
7wayej is the plural of 7aja, "thing". Its most common meaning is "clothes": chrit 7wayej jdad, "I bought new clothes", or lbes 7wayjek, "get dressed". More broadly, it refers to personal belongings or objects of any kind: jme3 7wayjek, "pick up your things". Context decides between the two meanings. The word is very frequent and neutral in register. It is often used with chi, meaning "some", or with a possessive.
Example
شريت حوايج جداد
chrit 7wayj jdad
“I bought new clothes.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7wayej” but also “7wayj”, “7wayaj” and “hwayej”. 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 “7wayej” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “things”; “belongings, stuff”: hwayej in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “clothes”; “belongings”: 7wayej in Tunisian.