mchta مشطة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mchta” (مشطة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning comb.
Meanings
- comb
Usage
Mchta is the ordinary word for a comb. The plural is mchati. It is feminine: you say "mchta jdida". It covers both the small pocket comb and the styling comb. The word is related to the verb mchet, "to comb", and its reflexive form tmchet, "to comb one's hair". For a hairbrush, chita or the loanword brosse is more usual, depending on region and family. The word is neutral and used in all everyday situations.
Example
فين حطيتي المشطة؟
fin 7tetti lmchta?
“Where did you put the comb?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mchta” but also “machta”, “mechta” and “mshta”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mchta” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “comb”; “hairstyle, hairdo”: mochta in Tunisian.