faktoura فاكتورة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“faktoura” (فاكتورة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning bill, invoice.
Meanings
- bill, invoice
- receipt
Usage
Faktoura is the adapted loanword from French "facture". It is the usual word for a water, electricity or phone bill, and also for the receipt you ask for in a shop. The usual plural is faktourat. To pay a bill, people say khelless lfaktoura. The word is everyday speech and is understood everywhere in Morocco. Note that it is feminine and takes the definite article l-: lfaktoura dyal dow, the electricity bill.
Example
ممكن تعطيني فاكتورة عفاك؟
momkin ta3etini factoura 3afak?
“Can you give me an invoice, please?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “faktoura” but also “factoura”, “faktora” and “factora”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.