idara إدارة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“idara” (إدارة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning administration, public services.

Meanings

1. administration, public services
2. management, office (of an institution)
3. management

Usage

Lidara is very common. It refers to the administration in the broad sense, with its counters, paperwork and procedures: mchit l'lidara, "I went to the administration". It also refers to the management or office of a school, company or hospital: siftouh l'lidara, "they sent him to the office". It is almost always heard with the article fused on, hence the spelling lidara. The word often evokes bureaucratic slowness, as in wraq lidara, "administrative papers". For the sense of "management", tasyir is often preferred.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “idara” but also “idaara”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “idara” on the Arabic keyboard