ghchach غشاش
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ghchach” (غشاش) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning cheater.
Meanings
- cheater
- swindler, fraudster (merchant)
Usage
Ghechchach refers to a person who cheats, at school or in games. It also refers to someone who habitually deceives others, especially a dishonest merchant. The form indicates a habit, like many nouns for trades or faults in -ach. The feminine is ghechchacha and the plural ghechchachin. It is used as a noun or an adjective: had lbayy3 ghechchach, "this seller is a cheat". The term is pejorative but not vulgar. It is often heard in direct reproaches.
Example
ماتشريش منو، راه غشاش
matchrich mennou, rah ghechchach
“Don't buy from him, he's a crook.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghchach” but also “ghechchach”, “ghchchach” and “ghachach”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.