blasa بلاصة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“blasa” (بلاصة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning place, location.
Meanings
- place, location
- room (seat, free space)
Usage
Blasa is the most common word for "place, location". It is often used with chi: chi blasa, "somewhere". Fi blasti means "in my place". It is also used for a concrete spot: a seat in a taxi, a free space or a parking space (ma kaynach blasa, "there's no room"). It is close to makan, which is more literary. Note: it does not mean "public square" in the sense of "plaza". That sense is expressed by sa7a or rre7ba.
Example
من بلاصة ل بلاصة
men blasa l blasa
“From one place to another.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “blasa” but also “blassa” and “plasa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “blasa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “place, spot”; “free space, seat”: blassa in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “place, spot”; “seat, position”: blasa in Tunisian.