dmagh دماغ
Moroccan Darija · noun
“dmagh” (دماغ) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning head, mind.
Meanings
- head, mind
- brain
Usage
Dmagh means the head in the sense of the mind, and sometimes the brain itself. It appears in many expressions. Dmagh-ek mamrakazch is said of someone who is not concentrating. Kla lia dmaghi means "he's given me a headache." Dmagh-o 9aseh describes a stubborn person, and dmagh-o khawi a scatterbrain. For the head in the physical sense, ras is more usual, and for the organ in anatomy mokh is often used. The plural is dmagh.
Example
دماغ ديالك مامركز
dmagh dyalk mamrakaz
“You're not focused.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dmagh” but also “demagh” and “dmar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dmagh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “brain, skull”; “head, mind (figurative)”: dmegh in Tunisian.