i9tira7 إقتراح
Moroccan Darija · noun
“i9tira7” (إقتراح) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning proposal, suggestion.
Meanings
- proposal, suggestion
- motion (in an assembly)
Usage
I9tira7 belongs to a formal register: work, school, meetings and the media. It is used with the verb 3ta ("to give") or 9eddem ("to present"): 3ta i9tira7, 9eddem i9tira7. The plural is i9tira7at. Among friends, for an ordinary suggestion, people more readily say fikra ("idea") or a verbal phrase like ach ban lik? ("what do you think?"). The initial hamza often disappears in speech, hence the spellings 9tira7 or l-i9tira7.
Example
عندي واحد الاقتراح، نمشيو نهار السبت
3ndi wa7ed l-i9tira7, nmchiw nhar s-sebt
“I have a proposal: let's go on Saturday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “i9tira7” but also “9tira7”, “iqtirah” and “2i9tira7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop; 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.