partma بارتمة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“partma” (بارتمة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning apartment, flat.
Meanings
- apartment, flat
Usage
Partma is the darija adaptation of French "appartement". It is the most common word for a dwelling in a building, unlike ddar, which means a house in the broad sense or the family home. It is feminine: one says "partma kbira" (a big apartment). The usual plural is partmat. It is often found in expressions like "kra partma" (to rent an apartment) or "chra partma" (to buy an apartment). In ads, "appartement" is also found written in French.
Example
كرينا بارتمة قريبة للخدمة
krina partma 9riba l lkhedma
“We rented an apartment near work.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “partma” but also “prtma”, “bartma”, “partmat” and “appartma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find بارتمة and پارطمة, all the same word.