itro إترو
Moroccan Darija · noun
“itro” (إترو) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning litre.
Meanings
- litre
Usage
Itro is an adapted loan from French "litre": the initial "l" was reinterpreted as an article and replaced by a vowel. The word is very common when shopping and at the market. It combines with "ness" (half) and with numbers: "ness itro" (half a litre), "juj itro" (two litres). It is often built with "d" or "dyal": "itro d l-7lib", "itro dyal zzit". In speech you also hear "litro". Do not confuse it with "mitro" (metre).
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “itro” but also “itru”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.