jarida جريدة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jarida” (جريدة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning newspaper, daily.
Meanings
- newspaper, daily
Usage
Jarida refers to the paper newspaper, and by extension an online newspaper. The word comes from Standard Arabic and is used as is in darija; it is also heard pronounced jrida. The plural is jarayed. People say "chrit jjarida" (I bought the newspaper) or "kteb f jjarida" (it was written in the newspaper). The word sahafa refers rather to the press in general. Pitfall: in Latin script, jrida can be confused with jerda (garden), which is a different word. For television news, people say lakhbar.
Example
شريت الجريدة ديال اليوم
chrit jjarida dyal lyoum
“I bought today's newspaper.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jarida” but also “jrida” and “jareeda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jarida” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “newspaper, daily”: jrida in Tunisian.