mzawr مزوّر
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mzawr” (مزوّر) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning fake, counterfeit.
Meanings
- fake, counterfeit
- forged, falsified (document, signature)
Usage
Mzawwer applies to an object or document that imitates the original: a banknote, papers, a diploma, a signature, branded goods. It is often contrasted with 7a9i9i (genuine) or with "original", which is very common in darija. It agrees in gender and number: mzawra in the feminine, mzawrin in the plural (wra9 mzawrin, forged papers). The related verb is zawwer (to falsify). For a person, mzawwer means a forger, but the adjective is by far the most common use. Note: the source gloss "to falsify" does not refer to the verb here but to the result, i.e. "falsified". Neutral register, common in speech.
Example
حقيقي أولا مزور
hakiki ola mzawr
“Real or fake?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mzawr” but also “mzawwer”, “mzewer”, “mzewwer”, “mozawar” and “mozwwir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mzawr” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “forged, counterfeit”; “forger, one who forges”: mzawer in Tunisian.