frmli فرملي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“frmli” (فرملي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning nurse (male).
Meanings
- nurse (male)
Usage
Frmli is an adaptation of French "infirmier", with the first syllable dropped. It is the common word for a male nurse in a hospital, clinic or health center. The feminine is frmliya. In the plural, you hear frmliya or frmliyin, depending on the speaker. It takes the article l-: l-frmli. In everyday speech, it can be used broadly for any healthcare worker who is not a doctor. The term mmrred belongs to a more formal register. Everyday, neutral register.
Example
خاصني نشوف ل فرملي عفاك
khassni nchouf l frmly 3afak
“I need to see a nurse, please.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “frmli” but also “fermli”, “farmli”, “frmly” and “fermly”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “frmli” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “nurse (male)”: fermli in Algerian.