kessrona كسرونة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“kessrona” (كسرونة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning saucepan, cooking pot.
Meanings
- saucepan, cooking pot
Usage
Kessrona is an adapted loan from French "casserole". It refers to a cooking utensil with a handle, or a small pot, used to heat milk, water or a sauce. The word is feminine. Its plural is "kessronat". It is heard in everyday household vocabulary: "ṭiyyeb l-ḥlib f l-kessrona" (heat the milk in the saucepan). For large cooking vessels, "l-gamila" or "ṭ-ṭenjra" are used instead. Pronunciation varies by region: kessrona, kasrona, kesrouna.
Example
سخن الما فالكسرونة
sakhen lma f lkessrona
“Heat the water in the saucepan.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kessrona” but also “kasrona”, “kesrouna”, “kassrona” and “ksrona”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kessrona” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “long-handled saucepan”: kasrona in Algerian.