hujum هجوم
Moroccan Darija · noun
“hujum” (هجوم) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning attack, assault.
Meanings
- attack, assault
- attack (football), forward line
Usage
Hujum means an attack, in the military sense as well as the figurative one. The word comes from Standard Arabic and is heard a lot in the media, in political discussions and especially in football, where it also means a team's attacking line. It is used with dyal or 3la: "hujum 3la..." (an attack on...). In everyday conversation, for a physical assault, the verb hjem is preferred to the noun. The plural hajamat exists but belongs mostly to journalistic register. The register is neutral.
Example
راه حايكون هجوم ديال جزائر على المغرب
rah 5aykoun hojum dial jaza2ir 3la lme5rib
“There is going to be an attack by Algeria on Morocco.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hujum” but also “hojoum”, “hojom”, “8ojoum” and “hujoum”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.