maw3id موعد
Moroccan Darija · noun
“maw3id” (موعد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning appointment.
Meanings
- appointment
- set date, deadline
Usage
Maw3id means an appointment, especially with a doctor, at a government office or for an interview. Typical phrases are "9ad / ched maw3id" ("to make an appointment") and "3ndi maw3id" ("I have an appointment"). In everyday speech, many Moroccans also say "rendez-vous" or "rdv" directly, especially in cities. Maw3id belongs to a slightly more formal register and often comes up in administrative contexts. Beware of the homograph: the same Arabic spelling can write the first name Mouad, and context tells them apart. The plural is mawa3id.
Example
واش عندك شي موعد؟
wach 3ndk chi maw3id?
“Do you have an appointment?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “maw3id” but also “mow3id”, “mou3id”, “mo3id” and “maou3id”. 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 “maw3id” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “appointment”; “set date, deadline”: maw3id in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “appointment”; “set date, deadline”: maw3ed in Tunisian.