chrit شريط

Moroccan Darija · noun

“chrit” (شريط) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning cassette (audio, video).

Meanings

1. cassette (audio, video)
2. ribbon, tape, strip
3. film

Usage

Chrit refers first of all to a strip or tape: an audio or video cassette, a ribbon, an adhesive tape. One says chrit dyal Nass el Ghiwane for a cassette by a band. The word is also used for a film, especially in a polished or media register, for example chrit sinima'i. In conversation, people more often say film. The plural is chrayeṭ or achriṭa, the latter being more formal. The word often evokes the cassette era, but it remains in use for any tape or ribbon.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chrit” but also “cherit”, “charit”, “shrit” and “sharit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “chrit” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “ribbon, strip”; “cassette, recorded tape”: chrit in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “video, film, recording”; “cassette, magnetic tape”: chrit in Tunisian.