ferfara فرفارة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ferfara” (فرفارة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning fan.
Meanings
- fan
- pinwheel, spinning object
Usage
Ferfara refers to an object that spins quickly, in particular the electric fan. The word comes from the idea of whirling. People say tfi l-ferfara (turn off the fan) or l-ferfara khddama (the fan is working). It can also mean a pinwheel or a small propeller toy. In colloquial speech, you also hear ventilo, borrowed from French, and mrwe7a for the fan. The word is feminine. It is written online as farfara or ferfara.
Example
فرفارة خليتها حدامة.
farfara khalitha 5adama.
“I left the fan on.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ferfara” but also “farfara” and “farfarra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.