bri9 بريق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bri9” (بريق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning coffee pot.
Meanings
- coffee pot
- pitcher, jug with spout
Usage
Bri9 refers to the spouted vessel in which coffee is prepared or served, and more broadly a serving pot or jug. You mostly say bri9 dyal l-9ahwa, "a pot of coffee", with a verb such as 3mmer (to fill) or wjjed (to prepare). The word is masculine: l-bri9, bri9 kbir. It is not used for the teapot of mint tea, which is called berrad. It can be confused with the homonym in Standard Arabic meaning "shine, brilliance". That is not the meaning in everyday use.
Example
جيب البريق ديال القهوة للضياف
jib l-bri9 dyal l-9ahwa l-dyaf
“Bring the coffee pot to the guests.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bri9” but also “briq”, “brik” and “bree9”. 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.