9amija قميجة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9amija” (قميجة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning shirt.
Meanings
- shirt
Usage
Qamija is the common word for "shirt" throughout Morocco. It refers mainly to a collared, buttoned shirt, but sometimes to a man's top in general. The plural is qamijat. For a T-shirt, tichort is more usual. The word appears in everyday phrases: lbes qamija, "to put on a shirt", or qamija dyal l-khdma, "work shirt". It is feminine: you say qamija zerqa, "a blue shirt". The word is neutral and used in all registers.
Example
لبس قميجة بيضا للعرس
lbes 9amija bida l l3ers
“He put on a white shirt for the wedding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9amija” but also “qamija” and “kamija”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.