jadarmiya جدرمية

Moroccan Darija · noun

“jadarmiya” (جدرمية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning gendarmes (plural).

Meanings

1. gendarmes (plural)
2. the gendarmerie

Usage

Jdarmiya (or jadarmiya) is the plural of jadarmi, "gendarme". With the article (ljdarmiya), it also means the gendarmerie as an institution, or its officers collectively. For example, jaw ljdarmiya, "the gendarmes came", and mcha l ljdarmiya, "he went to the gendarmerie". It is an adapted loanword and a common one. It is heard mostly in connection with roads, the countryside and small towns, since the police (lbolis) operate mainly in cities.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

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

Type “jadarmiya” on the Arabic keyboard