9richlat قريشلات
Moroccan Darija · noun
“9richlat” (قريشلات) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning small dry sesame biscuits.
Meanings
- small dry sesame biscuits
Usage
Qrichlat are small, dry, crunchy biscuits from traditional Moroccan pastry-making, topped with sesame seeds and often flavoured with aniseed. They are made in large quantities for festivals and during Ramadan. They are served with tea or coffee. The word is almost always used in the plural, since people speak of them as a batch of biscuits. There is no exact English translation: people often keep the Moroccan word, specifying "sesame biscuits". They should not be confused with ghriba, which are more crumbly.
Example
ماما وجدات القريشلات لرمضان
mama wjjdat l9richlat l ramadan
“Mum made qrichlat for Ramadan.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9richlat” but also “qrichlat”, “9richlate” and “griouchlat”. 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.