mochtarak مشترك
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mochtarak” (مشترك) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning common, shared.
Meanings
- common, shared
- joint, done together
- subscriber (to a service)
Usage
Mochtarak comes from Standard Arabic. In darija it is used mainly in administrative, school or media contexts. Students know the expression "ljadd3 lmochtarak", the common core of high school. People also say "7essab mochtarak" for a joint account. In everyday conversation, more casual phrasings are often preferred to express the idea of "common". For "we have something in common", for example, people say "kayn chi 7aja bina". The feminine is mochtaraka. As a noun, the word can mean a subscriber, for example to water, electricity or a phone service.
Example
طلب مشترك صعيب يتقبل
talab mochtarak s3ib it9bal
“A joint request is hard to get accepted.”
Forms
| feminine | mochtaraka |
|---|---|
| plural | mochtarakin |
| feminine plural | mochtarakat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mochtarak” but also “mouchtarak”, “mochtarik” and “mushtarak”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mochtarak” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “subscriber (channel, service)”; “common, shared”: mouchtarak in Algerian.