okht أخت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“okht” (أخت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning sister.
Meanings
- sister
Usage
The word is mostly used with a possessive: khti (my sister), khtek (your sister), khtha (her sister), khtu (his sister). The plural is khwatat. The bare form okht or ukht is rare in speech, except in ukhti, addressed respectfully or affectionately to a woman who is not family. Khti is also commonly used to politely address a woman you don't know. Caution: the expression khtek can appear in insults, so be careful using it.
Example
ختي كتقرا فالرباط
khti katqra f rbat
“My sister is studying in Rabat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “okht” but also “khti”, “kht”, “ukht” and “o5t”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “okht” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sister”; “form of address to a woman”: okht in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sister”; “female friend, comrade (affectionate address)”: o5t in Tunisian.