botola بطولة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“botola” (بطولة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning championship.
Meanings
- championship
- the Moroccan football league
Usage
The word buṭula means a sports championship. With the article, "lbuṭula", it almost always refers to the national football championship, known as the "Botola Pro". People say "lbuṭula lmaghribiya", "ṭabla dyal lbuṭula" (the standings) or "rbe7 lbuṭula" (to win the championship). It can also refer to a competition in general: "buṭula dyal l-7ay" (a neighborhood tournament). The word belongs to a neutral register and is heard a lot in sports commentary.
Example
الرجاء ربحات البطولة هاد العام
rraja rb7at lboTola had l3am
“Raja won the championship this year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “botola” but also “boutola” and “botoula”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “botola” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “championship, sports competition”; “heroism, heroic feat”: boutoula in Tunisian.