louz اللوز
Moroccan Darija · noun
“louz” (اللوز) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning almonds.
Meanings
- almonds
- almond tree
- geese (lwez, plural of wezza)
Usage
Llouz means almonds. It is a collective noun: llouz is used for almonds in general, and a single almond is louza. Almonds hold an important place in Moroccan cooking and pastry: gazelle horns, almond paste, amlou, stuffed dates. They are bought by weight from the dried-fruit seller, often together with other nuts (lgerga3). For the tree, one says chejrat llouz. The word is neutral and used in all registers.
Example
عطيني نص كيلو ديال اللوز
3tini ness kilo dial louz
“Give me half a kilo of almonds.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “louz” but also “llouz”, “lloz”, “loz”, “lwez” and “luz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find اللوز and لوز, all the same word.
Type “louz” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “almonds”; “almond tree”: louz in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “almonds”; “almond tree”: louz in Tunisian.