majmo3a مجموعة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“majmo3a” (مجموعة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning group (of people).
Meanings
- group (of people)
- set, collection, assortment
- music band
Usage
Majmou3a refers to a group of people or a set of things. It is often constructed with dial: majmou3a dial nnas, "a group of people". In Morocco, the word also evokes musical groups, notably popular bands known as majmou3at. In commerce, it means an assortment, and at school a work group. The plural is majmou3at. In everyday speech, people also use the French "groupe" or the word jma3a for a group of people.
Example
عندي صاحبي في مجموعة موسيقية
3ndi sa7bi fmjmo3a mosi9iya
“I have a friend in a music group.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “majmo3a” but also “mjmo3a”, “majmou3a” and “mjmou3a”. 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 “majmo3a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “group (of people)”; “online group (WhatsApp, Facebook)”: majmou3a in Algerian.