kaskita كسكيطة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“kaskita” (كسكيطة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning cap.
Meanings
- cap
Usage
Kaskita is an adapted loanword from French "casquette", very common in everyday speech. It refers to the peaked cap worn by young people, athletes, or as protection from the sun. The word is feminine. Its plural is "kaskitat". One says "lbes l-kaskita" to put on or wear a cap, and "ḥiyyed l-kaskita" to take it off. Other types of headwear have their own names: "tarbouch" for the fez, "terza" for the straw hat.
Example
لبس الكسكيطة، الشمس قوية
lbes lkaskita, chems 9wiya
“Put your cap on, the sun is strong.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kaskita” but also “kasketa”, “kaskitta” and “kasquita”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.