khatima خاتمة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“khatima” (خاتمة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning conclusion (of a text, a talk).
Meanings
- conclusion (of a text, a talk)
- end of life (religious)
Usage
Lkhatima belongs to the school and formal registers. Students use it for the conclusion of an essay or a presentation, as the counterpart of lmo9addima (the introduction): ktebt lkhatima? ("did you write the conclusion?"). In everyday religious language, the expression 7usn lkhatima refers to a good end of life, and people wish it for someone: Allah y3tina 7usn lkhatima. For the end of a story or a film, ordinary conversation prefers lekher or nnihaya.
Example
باقي ليا غير نكتب الخاتمة ديال الموضوع
ba9i lia ghir nekteb lkhatima dyal lmawdou3
“All I have left is to write the conclusion of the essay.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khatima” but also “5atima” and “khatimaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.