no9ta نقطة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“no9ta” (نقطة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning school grade.

Meanings

1. school grade
2. point (in a list, a talk)
3. dot, small spot

Usage

The word no9Ta is first of all the usual word for a school grade. You say jab no9Ta mezyana ("he got a good grade") or no9Ta 7amDa, khayba ("a bad grade"). The plural is no9aT: kharjo n-no9aT, "the grades are out". The word also means a point in a presentation or discussion, as in joj no9aT ("two points"), as well as a graphic dot or a small spot. The related verb is n99eT ("to grade"). The word is used in speech and in writing.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “no9ta” but also “n9ta” and “nu9ta”. 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.

Type “no9ta” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “grade (school)”; “point (score, sport)”: no9ta in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “point (place, detail, mark)”; “school grade”: no9ta in Tunisian.