choufa شوفة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“choufa” (شوفة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning look, way of looking.

Meanings

1. look, way of looking
2. view, panorama

Usage

Choufa is the noun derived from the verb chaf, ychouf ("to see, to look"). It means a look, often qualified by an adjective that specifies its intent. The typical construction is chaf fih choufa…, literally "he looked at him with a look…". Choufa na9sa means a contemptuous, belittling look. Choufa ghriba is a strange look. It is also used for a view or panorama: choufa zwina men l-fou9. The word belongs to the everyday and informal register. Note: looking at someone is constructed with the preposition f ("chaf fiyya"), never with a direct object.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “choufa” but also “chofa” and “shoufa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “choufa” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “showing off, attention-seeking”; “look, glance”: choufa in Algerian.

How to say “look” in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian