chtiraki شتراكي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“chtiraki” (شتراكي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning socialist.
Meanings
- socialist
Usage
Chtiraki, or ichtiraki, is an adjective from political vocabulary. It is used to talk about left-wing parties, ideas or activists. It appears notably in the names of well-known Moroccan parties and in political debates on television. The feminine is chtirakiya and the plural chtirakiyin. The register is neutral but learned: the word comes directly from Standard Arabic and is hardly used outside politics. In speech, you also sometimes hear the French word "socialiste" itself.
Example
باه كان مناضل شتراكي
bah kan mounadil chtiraki
“His father was a socialist activist.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chtiraki” but also “ichtiraki”, “chtiraky” and “ishtiraki”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.