9or2an قرآن
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9or2an” (قرآن) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning the Quran.
Meanings
- the Quran
Usage
The word l-qur'an refers to the Quran. In darija it is almost always used with the article. It is pronounced lqur'an or l9ur2an, and often with an o: lqor'an. The related verb is qra: "kayqra l-qur'an" means he recites or studies the Quran. The word also appears in the oath "w l-qur'an" (I swear by the Quran). Do not confuse it with the verb qaren (to compare), whose Arabic spellings look similar. For the traditional Quranic school, people say msid or kuttab.
Example
ولدي كيحفظ القرآن ف المسيد.
weldi kay7fed l9ur2an f lmsid.
“My son is memorizing the Quran at the Quranic school.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9or2an” but also “qoran”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9or2an” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “the Quran”; “Quran recitation”: 9ran in Algerian.