fikra فكرة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fikra” (فكرة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning idea.
Meanings
- idea
- notion, clue
Usage
Fikra is the usual word for "idea". Its plural is afkar, sometimes fikrat in a more formal register. The expression 3ndek chi fikra ? means "do you have an idea?" or "do you know anything?", like the English "do you have any idea…". To say "I have no idea", say ma 3ndi hta fikra. In everyday life it is often heard in phrases like fikra zwina ("good idea"). The word comes from Standard Arabic but has become fully integrated into darija. It stays feminine: say fikra zwina, not fikra zwin.
Example
عندك شي فكرة
3ndk chi fikra
“Do you have any idea?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fikra” but also “fekra”, “fikrat”, “afkar” and “fikara”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fikra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “idea”; “notion, clue”: fekra in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “idea”; “notion, inkling of something”: fekra in Tunisian.