karta كارتا
Moroccan Darija · noun
“karta” (كارتا) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning bank card.
Meanings
- bank card
- card (ID, membership)
Usage
Karta refers mainly to the bank card, but also to other cards: ID card, loyalty or membership card. It is most often used with the article, lkarta, and specified when needed: lkarta dyal lbanka. This is a spelling variant of karTa, with the same pronunciation. The emphatic t is simply not marked here. For the playing card, karTa or lkarTa is used instead. Context is usually enough to tell the two meanings apart. The French "la carte" is also heard as is in conversation.
Example
لكليان خلّص شاسه باش مايديوش ليها لبانكا شي دروب إيلا استعمل كارتا
lclian 5less chash bach maydiwch liha lbanka chi dara2ib ila sta3mel carta
“The customer paid cash so the bank wouldn't take some taxes from her if she used a card.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “karta” but also “carta”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.