9ima قيمة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9ima” (قيمة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning value, price.
Meanings
- value, price
- esteem, respect
- status, social standing
Usage
9ima is a very common feminine noun. It means the value of a thing, in money or not, and also the regard in which someone is held. It is used mostly in phrases with verbs: 3ta 9ima l-, "to attach importance to", ma 3ndo 9ima, "he is worth nothing" or "he is not respected", mab9at 9ima, "there is no respect any more". It is often used to complain about a lack of respect or recognition. With a possessive, the ending becomes -t: 9imtek, "your worth".
Example
مابقات عند الفلوس قيمة
mab9at 3nd lflos 9ima
“Money no longer has any value.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9ima” but also “9yma”, “qima”, “9eema” and “9imma”. 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.
Type “9ima” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “value, importance”; “price, amount”: 9ima in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “value”; “importance, esteem”: 9ima in Tunisian.