flouka فلوكة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“flouka” (فلوكة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning small boat, rowboat.
Meanings
- small boat, rowboat
Usage
Flouka, often pronounced with a double l (fllouka), refers to a small boat, whether for fishing or leisure trips. You see them in harbours and on beaches, for example. For a large vessel, babor or bateau is used instead. The plural is flayek. People commonly say rkeb f lflouka ("get into the boat"). The word is also used for the boats used for clandestine crossings, in the sense of "pateras". It is therefore frequent in this news context.
Example
بدا الما كايدخل فلّوكة
bda lma kaydkhel fllouka
“Water started coming into the boat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “flouka” but also “floka” and “fllouka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “flouka” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “small boat, rowboat”; “fishing boat”: flouka in Algerian.