mowafa9a موافقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mowafa9a” (موافقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning agreement, approval.
Meanings
- agreement, approval
- in agreement (feminine)
Usage
The noun mowafa9a means agreement or authorization, often in an administrative or family setting: khassek lmowafa9a dyal lwalidin ("you need your parents' consent"). You also say a3ta lmowafa9a ("to give one's consent"). Do not confuse it with the form written the same way but pronounced mwaf9a. That is the feminine of the adjective mwafe9, which means "in agreement": wach nti mwaf9a? ("do you agree?", said to a woman). To say "OK" in reply, people rather say wakha or safi.
Example
خاصك الموافقة ديال الواليدين باش تسافر
khassek lmowafa9a dyal lwalidin bach tsafer
“You need your parents' consent to travel.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mowafa9a” but also “mwaf9a”, “mouwafa9a” and “mowaf9a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.