dariba ضريبة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“dariba” (ضريبة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning tax, levy.
Meanings
- tax, levy
- price to pay (figurative)
Usage
Dariba means tax or levy: khelles d-dariba, "to pay the tax". The plural is d-daraïb, often heard in administrative or media contexts. The word comes from Standard Arabic but is in common use. Figuratively, it expresses the price to pay for something: hadi dariba dyal n-najah, "this is the price of success". This figurative sense belongs to a somewhat more elevated register. For everyday taxes, the French loanword taxe, adapted into darija, is also heard.
Example
خاصني نخلص الضريبة ديال الطوموبيل
khasni nkhelles dariba dyal tomobil
“I have to pay the car tax.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dariba” but also “dhariba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dariba” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “tax, levy”; “duty or charge to pay”: dhariba in Tunisian.