ma3louma معلومة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ma3louma” (معلومة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning information, piece of information.
Meanings
- information, piece of information
Usage
Ma3louma refers to a specific piece of information. Unlike in English, it is a countable noun: you say chi ma3louma, "a piece of information", and the plural is ma3loumat. It is often heard in negative phrases: ma3ndi ta ma3louma, "I have no information". The word comes from the standard register, but it is perfectly common in speech, in the media as well as in conversation. For everyday news, lkhbar is often preferred.
Example
ماعندي تا معلومة على هادش
ma3ndi ta ma3louma 3la hadche
“I don't have any information about that.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma3louma” but also “m3louma”, “ma3loma” and “m3loma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “ma3louma” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “information, piece of information”; “knowledge, instructive fact”: ma3louma in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “piece of information, tip”: m3louma in Tunisian.