dftar دفتر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“dftar” (دفتر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning notebook, exercise book.
Meanings
- notebook, exercise book
- logbook, register
Usage
The noun dftar is the usual word for a school notebook. It is also used for a book in which accounts are kept, for example the neighbourhood grocer's credit book. The plural is dfater. It is heard very often at school and at home, in phrases like dftar dyal l-7isab, "the maths notebook". For a printed book, people say ktab instead. For the administrative family record book, the form d-dftar l-3a2ili also exists, in a more official register.
Example
قطعات ليا دفتر ديالي
9t3at lia dftar diali
“She tore up my notebook.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dftar” but also “deftar”, “daftar” and “dfter”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.