kaghit كاغيط
Moroccan Darija · noun
“kaghit” (كاغيط) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning paper (material, sheet).
Meanings
- paper (material, sheet)
- papers, documents (plural)
Usage
Kaghit means paper as a material, or a sheet of paper. The word is masculine and often pronounced kaghet. You say wa7d lkaghit for "a sheet". The plural kwaghet mainly means "administrative papers, documents": wajjed lkwaghet dyalek (get your papers ready). For toilet paper, people say kaghit dyal tbit or papier. The word wer9a is also used for "sheet". The spelling 9a3it, with a pronounced q, reflects local pronunciations.
Example
عطيني واحد الكاغيط نكتب فيه
3tini wa7d lkaghit nkteb fih
“Give me a sheet of paper to write on.”
Forms
| plural | kwaghT |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kaghit” but also “kaghet” and “kaght”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.