9erd قرض
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9erd” (قرض) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning loan, borrowing (of money).
Meanings
- loan, borrowing (of money)
- bank credit
Usage
9erd refers to a loan of money, especially one granted by a bank or an institution. The word comes from Standard Arabic and is used in a rather formal or administrative register: 9erd sakani ("home loan"). In everyday conversation, kridi, borrowed from French "crédit", is used much more often: khdit kridi mn lbanka. For a small loan between friends or relatives, the verb tsellef ("to borrow") or the noun sslef is used instead. The word is used with khda ("to take") and mn ("from").
Example
بلا ماتحاول تاخد قرض من البنكة
bla mat7awel takhoud cridi mn lbanka
“Don't even try to take out a loan from the bank.”
Forms
| feminine | 9rda |
|---|---|
| plural | 9roda |
| feminine plural | 9rdat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9erd” but also “9ard”, “9rd” and “qard”. 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.