borsa بورصا
Moroccan Darija · noun
“borsa” (بورصا) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning stock exchange.
Meanings
- stock exchange
Usage
A borrowed word, probably via Spanish or Italian, meaning the stock exchange in the financial sense, notably the Casablanca one. It is used with the article: lborsa. It appears mostly in conversations about the economy, investment or the news, and in expressions like dakhel l lborsa ("to invest in the stock market"). The register is common, but the subject remains fairly specialized. Do not confuse it with bourse, the French loanword meaning a study grant.
Example
خويا كيلعب فالبورصا
khouya kayl3eb f lborsa
“My brother plays the stock market.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “borsa” but also “boursa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.