ida3a إذاعة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ida3a” (إذاعة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning radio station.
Meanings
- radio station
- radio (medium)
Usage
A Standard Arabic word, known to all Moroccans through the official names of the national stations. In everyday conversation, people more often say radio or rradio. Ida3a is used to talk about a station in a somewhat formal way or to refer to public radio: sme3t f l'ida3a ("I heard it on the radio"). The word is feminine. It refers to the station or the medium, never the device, which is called radio or transistor. The English meaning "channel" also covers the television channel, which is called qanat or chaîne.
Example
سمعت هاد الخبر فالإذاعة
sme3t had lkhbar f l'ida3a
“I heard this news on the radio.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ida3a” but also “idaa”, “ida3e” and “izaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.