mazot مازوط
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mazot” (مازوط) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning diesel, diesel fuel.
Meanings
- diesel, diesel fuel
- fuel oil, heating oil
Usage
Masculine noun, an adapted borrowing from "mazout". In Morocco, it refers mainly to the diesel fuel of cars and trucks, as opposed to petrol, called lisans. It is heard constantly at the petrol station and in discussions about prices: taman lmazot (the price of diesel), tomobil dyal lmazot (a diesel car). It is almost always used with the article: lmazot. Note that in Morocco the word refers first to vehicle fuel, rather than heating oil.
Example
طلع تمن المازوط بزاف
tle3 taman lmazot bzaf
“The price of diesel has gone up a lot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mazot” but also “mazout” and “mazoute”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mazot” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “diesel, gas oil”; “fuel oil, fuel”: mazout in Tunisian.