magaza ماڭازة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“magaza” (ماڭازة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning store, shop.
Meanings
- store, shop
- storeroom, warehouse
Usage
Magaza refers to a store, especially one selling clothes, shoes or household appliances. The word also refers to a space used as a warehouse. The plural is magazat. For the neighbourhood grocery, people say l7anut instead, and 7anut is also the general term for a small shop. Magaza suggests a larger or more modern business. The word is common and colloquial. It is often combined with dyal: magaza dyal l7wayj, "clothing store".
Example
شريت هاد الصباط من واحد الماڭازة فالمدينة
chrit had SSbbaT men wa7d lmagaza f lmdina
“I bought these shoes from a store in town.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “magaza”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.