bezzaf بالزاف
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“bezzaf” (بالزاف) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning a lot.
Meanings
- a lot
- too much
- very
Usage
This spelling is a variant of bezzaf, the adverb meaning "a lot". It is most often written بزاف. The word goes after a verb or a noun: kayakol bezzaf, "he eats a lot"; nas bezzaf, "a lot of people". After an adjective, it means "very": zwin bezzaf, "very beautiful". Depending on the context, it can also mean "too much": hadchi bezzaf, "that's too much". With negation, it means "not much": machi bezzaf. It is one of the most frequent words in darija.
Example
كنبغي المغرب بالزاف.
kanbghi l-meghrib bezzaf.
“I love Morocco a lot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bezzaf” but also “bzaf”, “bezaf”, “bzzaf” and “bzf”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bezzaf” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written بزاف, where it means “a lot, much”; “very”: bezzaf in Algerian.