korsi كرسي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“korsi” (كرسي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning chair, seat.
Meanings
- chair, seat
- post, seat of power
Usage
Korsi is the usual word for “chair” in Morocco, for a kitchen chair as much as an office seat. The most common plural is krassa, sometimes karasi. For a padded armchair, you also hear fotay, borrowed from French. As in French, korsi can mean a position of power, especially in a political context: “tay7ebb l-korsi” means “he is attached to his seat (of power)”. The word is used with the article: l-korsi. You say “gles 3la l-korsi” for “sit on the chair”.
Example
خاصني شي كرسي موريح
khasni chi koursi mouri7
“I need a comfortable chair.”
Forms
| plural | krasa |
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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 “korsi” but also “koursi”, “krsi” and “korssi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “korsi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “chair, seat”; “post, position of power”: korsi in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “chair, seat”; “saddle (bike, motorbike)”: korsi in Tunisian.