ngliz نكليز
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ngliz” (نكليز) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning the English, the British.
Meanings
- the English, the British
- English language
Usage
Ngliz, often with the article (nngliz), means the English or the British as a people. By extension, it is also heard for the English language. For the language, however, people more readily say tangliziya or lenglizia: kayhder b tangliziya, "he speaks English". The corresponding adjective is nglizi, feminine nglizia. Online spellings vary a lot, with or without an initial vowel, and the French form "anglais" is also found as is in urban speech.
Example
النكليز كيشربو بزاف ديال أتاي
nngliz kayechrbo bzaf dyal atay
“The English drink a lot of tea.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ngliz” but also “nngliz”, “lngliz”, “negliz” and “lingliz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.