berwita برويطة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“berwita” (برويطة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning wheelbarrow.
Meanings
- wheelbarrow
- vendor's handcart
Usage
Berwita is a common adapted loanword for the wheelbarrow used on building sites, in gardens and in markets. The plural is brawet. It is used with the verbs "jerr" (to pull), "dfe3" (to push) or "3ammer" (to fill). The word also covers the small handcart of street vendors or porters in the souks. In colloquial use, a "mol lberwita" is someone who carries goods with a wheelbarrow. The word is feminine: lberwita.
Example
جيب البرويطة نهزو الرملة
jib lberwita nhezzou rmla
“Bring the wheelbarrow, so we can carry the sand.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “berwita” but also “brwita”, “barwita”, “brouita” and “berouita”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “berwita” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “wheelbarrow”: barwita in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “wheelbarrow”; “street vendor's cart”: brouita in Tunisian.