chitat snan شيتة السنان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“chitat snan” (شيتة السنان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning toothbrush.
Meanings
- toothbrush
Usage
Chitat snan means "toothbrush". It is written شيتة السنان in Arabic, but pronounced as a construct phrase, with the final t audible: chitat s-snan. It is the usual term, used in all registers. Toothpaste is most often called dentifris, a word borrowed from French. One also says ghsel snanu ("to brush one's teeth", literally "wash one's teeth"). The plural is chitat dyal s-snan.
Example
نسيت شيتة السنان فالدار
nsit chitat snan f d-dar
“I forgot my toothbrush at home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chitat snan” but also “chitat ssnan” and “shitat snan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.