machrob مشروب
Moroccan Darija · noun
“machrob” (مشروب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning drink, beverage.
Meanings
- drink, beverage
- a drink (to have together)
Usage
Machrob means any drink. It is more formal than everyday words; in daily speech people say "chi 7aja nchorbo" or simply name the drink: atay, qahwa, monada. You hear it in cafés, restaurants, advertising and in phrases like "nakhdo chi machrob". The plural is machrobat. This plural appears on menus and in "machrobat ghaziya", fizzy drinks. "Lmachrobat lkouhouliya" means alcohol, in a neutral or administrative way. Depending on the context, "having a machrob" does not necessarily imply alcohol.
Example
إمكن ناخدو شي مشروب بجوج؟
imkn nakhdo chi machrob bjoj?
“Maybe we could go for a drink together?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “machrob” but also “mchrob”, “mchroub”, “machroub” and “mashrob”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “machrob” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “drink, beverage”; “alcoholic drink”: machroub in Tunisian.