mgherfa مغرفة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“mgherfa” (مغرفة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning ladle.

Meanings

1. ladle
2. large serving spoon

Usage

Mgherfa (or mghorfa) means the ladle, the large spoon used to pour soup, harira or the sauce of a tajine. It is an everyday household word. The plural is mgharef. Pitfall: do not confuse it with m3el9a, which is the ordinary spoon for eating. A mgherfa is also used to indicate a quantity, as in "a ladle of harira". The pronunciation varies by region between mgherfa and mghorfa.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mgherfa” but also “mghorfa” and “mghrfa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “mgherfa” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written مغرف, where it means “spoon”; “spoonful”: mgharfa in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “spoon”; “spoonful (measure)”: mgharfa in Tunisian.