kridi كريدي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“kridi” (كريدي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning credit, bank loan.
Meanings
- credit, bank loan
- debt, buying on credit
Usage
Kridi is a loanword from French, fully integrated into darija. It first means a bank loan: "ṭleb kridi" (ask for a loan), "khda kridi" (take out a loan), "khelleṣ l-kridi" (repay the loan). By extension, it means a debt or a purchase paid for later, for example at the neighbourhood grocer's: "chra b l-kridi" (buy on credit). The word does not mean phone credit, which is usually called "recharge" or "ta3bi2a". It is masculine and used in all everyday registers.
Example
طلبت كريدي من البنكة
tlebt kridi mn lbanka
“I applied for a loan at the bank.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kridi” but also “cridi”, “credit”, “kredi” and “crédit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kridi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “credit, buying on credit”; “debt, tab at a shop”: kridi in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “credit, bank loan”; “buying on credit, tab”: kridi in Tunisian.