bita9a بطاقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bita9a” (بطاقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning card (ID, bank, SIM).
Meanings
- card (ID, bank, SIM)
- national ID card
Usage
Bita9a means any official or practical card: bita9a dyal lbanka (bank card), bita9a sim, bita9a dyal t3rif or bita9a wataniya (ID card). Used alone in an administrative procedure, it often refers to the ID card. The word coexists with "carte", borrowed from French, which is very common in speech, especially in cities. One also says la carte nationale. The plural is bita9at. Note: for a map or a playing card, bita9a is not used; say khari6a or karta.
Example
ماعنديش بطاقة، راه توضرات ليا من قبل
ma3ndich biTa9a, rah twadrat liya mn 9bel
“I don't have the card, I lost it earlier.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bita9a” but also “bitaka”, “beta9a”, “bita9” and “bitaqa”. 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 “bita9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “card (official document)”; “bank card, membership card”: bita9a in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “card (official, membership)”; “ID card (short form)”: bta9a in Tunisian.