9iyama قيامة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9iyama” (قيامة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning Judgment Day, resurrection.
Meanings
- Judgment Day, resurrection
- chaos, great uproar (figurative)
Usage
The word is almost always used with the article: l9iyama. In the religious sense, it refers to the Day of Resurrection and Judgment, as in nhar l9iyama. In the very common figurative sense, it evokes extreme commotion or scandal: nadet l9iyama ("all hell broke loose, everything exploded"). It also serves as a time hyperbole: 7tta l l9iyama, "never, not before the end of the world". It belongs to the informal register and everyday language.
Example
ملي عرف الخبار ناضت القيامة فالدار
melli 3ref lkhbar nadet l9iyama f dar
“When he heard the news, all hell broke loose at home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9iyama” but also “9yama” and “9iama”. 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 “9iyama” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “Day of Judgment, resurrection”; “uproar, chaos”: 9iyema in Tunisian.