chlada شلاضة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“chlada” (شلاضة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning salad (dish).
Meanings
- salad (dish)
- lettuce
Usage
Chlada is the common word for salad, a loanword well integrated into the language. It refers first of all to the dish of raw or cooked vegetables served as a starter: chlada marocaine (tomatoes, onions, peppers), chlada dyal fjel, chlada dyal l-batata. It can also mean the lettuce itself, which is also called khess. The word is feminine: chlada zwina. Depending on the region and the writer, it is spelled with or without emphasis (d or D). It is used in all registers, at home as well as in restaurants.
Example
هاهيا شلاضة ديالك.
hahia chlaDa dyalk
“Here is your salad.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chlada” but also “shlada” and “chalada”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.