fla7a فلاحة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fla7a” (فلاحة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning agriculture.
Meanings
- agriculture
- farming, working the land
Usage
Fla7a means agriculture in the broad sense: the economic sector, the activity and the work in the fields. The word is almost always used with the article (lfla7a). It is found in conversation ("khddam f lfla7a", "he works in agriculture") as well as in the media and in administrative vocabulary. It is related to fellah ("peasant", "farmer"). It should not be confused with fellaha, which is the feminine of fellah ("female farmer") or a plural form. Rain and drought, frequent topics in Morocco, often come up in sentences where the word appears.
Example
الفلاحة كاتحتاج الشتا
lfla7a kat7taj chta
“Agriculture needs rain.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fla7a” but also “fila7a” and “flaha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “fla7a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “agriculture, working the land”; “farming operation”: fla7a in Tunisian.