bettawfiq بالتوفيق
Moroccan Darija · expression
“bettawfiq” (بالتوفيق) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning good luck.
Meanings
- good luck
- best wishes for success
Usage
Bettawfiq is the common formula for wishing good luck, especially before an exam, an interview, a trip or a new project. It can be strengthened with a mention of God: bettawfiq inchallah, or llah ywaffqek. The usual replies are amin or llah yjazik bikhir. The expression comes from Classical Arabic, but it is fully part of everyday usage. It is found in speech, in messages and on social media. It suits all registers, from informal to polite.
Example
غدا عندك الامتحان؟ بالتوفيق إن شاء الله!
ghedda 3ndek l-imti7an? bettawfiq inchallah!
“You have your exam tomorrow? Good luck, God willing!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bettawfiq” but also “bttawfi9”, “bitawfiq”, “bettawfi9” and “bltawfiq”. 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 “bettawfiq” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “good luck, best of success”; “all the best, keep it up”: bettawfiq in Algerian.