bosta بوصطة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bosta” (بوصطة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning post office.
Meanings
- post office
- mail, postal service
Usage
A common word for the post, both the office and the postal service. It is almost always used with the article: lboSTa. Typical phrases are mchit l lboSTa ("I went to the post office") and jatni b lboSTa ("I received it by post"). The official operator is called Barid Al-Maghrib, but in conversation people say lboSTa. The spelling with ص marks the emphatic s, which is actually pronounced.
Example
البوصطة كتسد مع الخمسة
lbosta katsedd m3a lkhamsa
“The post office closes at five.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bosta” but also “bousta”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.