baliza باليزة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“baliza” (باليزة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning suitcase.
Meanings
- suitcase
- luggage (in general)
Usage
This word refers to the travel suitcase. It is a fully adapted loanword and very common throughout Morocco. The noun is feminine: l-baliza. The plural is balizat, but bwaliz is also heard. It is used with verbs such as jme3 l-baliza, "pack one's suitcase", or hell l-baliza, "unpack one's suitcase". The word is very present in travel vocabulary and among the diaspora, especially for summer returns. Note that v becomes b, as often in loanwords. For a bag, one rather says sak or chkara.
Example
جمع الباليزة ديالك، غادي نمشيو غدا
jme3 lbaliza dyalek, ghadi nmchiw ghedda
“Pack your suitcase, we're leaving tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “baliza” but also “balizat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.