mohajim مهاجم
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mohajim” (مهاجم) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning striker, centre-forward (sport).
Meanings
- striker, centre-forward (sport)
- attacker, assailant
Usage
A word borrowed from standard Arabic, very common in football vocabulary in Morocco, where it means the attacking player, especially the centre-forward. It is pronounced mouhajim or mhajem. In conversations between supporters, it often alternates with the French "attaquant" or with the word derived from Arabic "hjoum" (the attack). In the general sense of "attacker", it belongs more to the register of the media and news reports. The plural is mouhajimin. Typical construction: mouhajim nadi, "an excellent striker".
Example
خسّنا شي مهاجم نادي ماكيدايعش
5assna chi mohajim nadi makidaye3ch
“We need a top-class striker who doesn't waste his chances.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mohajim” but also “mouhajim”, “mo8ajim”, “mhajem” and “mohajem”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.