kabina كابينة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“kabina” (كابينة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning booth, cubicle, changing room.
Meanings
- booth, cubicle, changing room
- toilet, restroom
- truck cab
Usage
Kabina is an adapted borrowing of French "cabine", which refers to a small enclosed space. Depending on the context, it can be a phone booth, a beach cabin, a fitting room or a truck cab. In some uses, especially in public places and schools, it also means the toilets. The word takes the article l- (l-kabina) and its plural is kabinat. For toilets, the more common terms remain bit l-ma or twalit. The meaning therefore depends a lot on the situation.
Example
دخل للكابينة باش يقيس السروال
dkhel l l-kabina bach y9is sserwal
“He went into the cabin to try on the trousers.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kabina” but also “cabina”, “kabine”, “cabine” and “kabinat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.