ghocht غشت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ghocht” (غشت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning August (month).
Meanings
- August (month)
Usage
Ghocht is the name of the month of August in the everyday calendar in Morocco. For months, Moroccans use names close to the Latin ones, such as yennayer, fbrayer, yolyouz or ghocht. They do not use the Mashriq names, such as ab for August. The word is used for dates, holidays and weddings, which are numerous in summer. It is used with or without the article: f ghocht, "in August". The form may seem surprising, but it is the normal term and not a distortion.
Example
اليوم 25 غشت.
liom 25 ghocht
“Today is 25 August.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghocht” but also “ghosht”, “ghucht” and “ghoucht”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.