bzbouz بزبوز
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bzbouz” (بزبوز) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning tap, faucet.
Meanings
- tap, faucet
- spout, nozzle
Usage
Bzbouz is the everyday word for a tap, in the kitchen, the bathroom or the courtyard. You say hell lbzbouz ("open the tap"), sedd lbzbouz ("close the tap") or lbzbouz kaykt ("the tap is leaking"). By extension, the word refers to a spout or nozzle, for example that of a bottle or a hose. The plural is bzabez. You also hear robini, borrowed from French, but bzbouz remains the most natural term at home. The word is neither slangy nor rude.
Example
سد البزبوز، الما كيمشي خاوي
sedd lbzbouz, lma kaymchi khawi
“Turn off the tap, the water is running for nothing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bzbouz” but also “bezbouz”, “bzbuz”, “bezbuz” and “bzbooz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.