fer9a فرقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fer9a” (فرقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning team.
Meanings
- team
- band, troupe
- unit, squad
Usage
Fer9a means an organized group of people. In sport, it is the team: fer9a dyal l-kora. In music or theatre, it is a band or a troupe: fer9a chaabiya. It is also used for a police unit or a work team. For football, many people also say l-ekip or équipe, borrowed from French. People also often refer to the club by its name. The plural is fra9i or fira9.
Example
ماعندهاش ثقة كافية فل فرقة
ma3ndhach ti9a kafia fl fer9a
“She doesn't have enough trust in the team.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fer9a” but also “fr9a”, “far9a”, “farqa” and “ferqa”. 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.
Type “fer9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “troupe, musical group”; “team, group of people”: ferqa in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “band, orchestra”; “team (sport)”: fer9a in Tunisian.