lavabo لاڤابو
Moroccan Darija · noun
“lavabo” (لاڤابو) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning washbasin, sink.
Meanings
- washbasin, sink
Usage
Lavabo is a loan from French, fully integrated into darija. It refers to the bathroom washbasin and, often, the kitchen sink. The word is masculine and is used with the article as is: dak lavabo, lavabo d l-cuisine. It is heard everywhere, in town and in the countryside, alongside rarer terms like lmghsal. The pronunciation is often lavabo with a v, but some say labavo or lababo. The plural, uncommon, is lavabowat.
Example
إمتا غادي تخسّل داك لاڤابو.
imta ghadi t5ssel dak lavabo.
“When are you going to wash that sink?”
Forms
| plural | lavaboat |
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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 “lavabo” but also “lavabou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.