dimo9rati ديموقراطي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“dimo9rati” (ديموقراطي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning democratic.
Meanings
- democratic
- democrat (person)
Usage
Dimoqrati is an adjective borrowed from Standard Arabic. It is used mostly in political or journalistic registers: a country, a system, a vote. Applied to a person, it means "democrat," that is, open to debate and respectful of others' opinions. The feminine is dimoqratiya, which creates a homonym with the noun "democracy"; context tells them apart. The plural for people is dimoqratiyin. It is often used ironically to criticize an authoritarian official.
Example
باغين نظام ديموقراطي بصح
baghin nidam dimo9rati bss7
“We want a truly democratic system.”
Forms
| feminine | dimo9raTia |
|---|---|
| plural | dimo9raTiyin |
| feminine plural | dimo9raTiat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dimo9rati” but also “dimokrati”, “dimoqrati” and “dimou9raati”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.