pici پيسي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“pici” (پيسي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning laptop.
Meanings
- laptop
- computer in general
Usage
This word comes from the French acronym "PC", pronounced pissi. It is the most common word for a computer, especially a laptop. It is used with the article: l-pc. Typical phrases are "ncharji l-pc", "to charge the computer", and "fl pc", "on the computer". It is much more frequent than the French ordinateur or the Standard Arabic term. In online writing it is often simply written "pc" in Latin letters.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “pici” but also “pissi” and “pisi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.