mti7an متحان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mti7an” (متحان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning exam.
Meanings
- exam
- test, trial
Usage
Mti7an (or imti7an) is the usual word for a school or university exam. The plural is mti7anat. To "take an exam", say dwez lmti7an, not "dkhel". To pass it, say nje7 f lmti7an; to fail it, sqet f lmti7an. The type of exam is often specified: mti7an kitabi (written), mti7an chafawi (oral). In schools, many people also use the French "examen" or "contrôle". For the baccalaureate, people simply say lbak. The word is also used figuratively for a trial in life.
Example
متحان داز صعيب
mtihan daz s3ib
“The exam was hard.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mti7an” but also “imti7an”, “mtihan”, “mti7ane” and “imtihan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.