mkinat tsbin مكينة التصبين
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mkinat tsbin” (مكينة التصبين) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning washing machine.
Meanings
- washing machine
Usage
"Mkinat t-tsbin" is a common way of saying washing machine. "Tsbin" means laundry, the washing of clothes with soap. One also hears "makina d tsbin", with "d" or "dyal" to mark possession, or simply "makina" when the context is clear. The word "mkina/makina" means any machine or appliance in darija. To say "to run a load", one says "dir t-tsbin f l-makina". The term is colloquial and everyday.
Example
مكينة التصبين خاسرة، خاصنا نصلحوها
mkinat tsbin khasra, khassna nsl7ouha
“The washing machine is broken, we need to repair it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mkinat tsbin” but also “makinat tasbin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.