matar مطار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“matar” (مطار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning airport.
Meanings
- airport
Usage
maTar means "airport". It is used throughout Morocco, in both everyday and formal speech, and often with the article: l-maTar. Plural: maTarat. It goes with verbs of movement: mcha l-maTar, wSel l-maTar, ja men l-maTar. It often appears in the expression "to go and pick someone up at the airport", very common in diaspora families at holiday time. The French word aéroport, pronounced the Moroccan way, is also heard, especially in cities, but maTar remains the most widespread term.
Example
غادي نمشي للمطار نجيب خويا، جاي من فرنسا.
ghadi nmchi l-maTar njib khoya, jay men fransa.
“I'm going to the airport to pick up my brother, he's coming from France.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “matar” but also “mataar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “matar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “airport”: matar in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “airport”: matar in Tunisian.