fasad فساد
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fasad” (فساد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning corruption (political, administrative).
Meanings
- corruption (political, administrative)
- depravity, immorality
Usage
Fasad comes from Standard Arabic and is used mainly to talk about corruption in public life: administration, politics, institutions. It comes up very often in discussions of current events and on social media, for example in the expression l-fasad kayn bzzaf ("corruption is everywhere"). In a more moral or religious register, it also means debauchery. For a concrete bribe, rachwa is preferred or, colloquially, l-9hwa.
Example
الفساد كاين ف بزاف ديال الإدارات
lfasad kayn f bzzaf dyal l'idarat
“Corruption exists in many administrations.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fasad” but also “fassad” and “fasaad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fasad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “corruption”; “depravity, moral decay”: fsed in Tunisian.