droj دروج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“droj” (دروج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning staircase.
Meanings
- staircase
- steps
Usage
Droj means the staircase of a building or house, and more broadly its steps. The word is grammatically a plural, but it is used as a collective noun where English says "the stairs". Common constructions: tle3 f droj (go up the stairs), hbet mn droj (go down the stairs), tah mn droj (fall down the stairs), gles f droj (sit on the steps). For a single step, dorja is more usual. The word belongs to the everyday register and is used in all situations.
Example
كانت ڭالسا ف دروج
kant galsa f drouj
“She was sitting on the stairs.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “droj” but also “drouj” and “dorouj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.