plage پلاج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“plage” (پلاج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning beach.
Meanings
- beach
- seaside, coast
Usage
Adapted loanword from French "plage", pronounced "plaj". Very common for talking about the beach, especially for leisure and summer holidays. It competes with "l-b7er", "the sea", often used in the same sense: "mchina l l-b7er", "we went to the beach". "L-plaj" refers more specifically to the developed beach area, the sand and swimming. It is used with the article l- and the preposition "l" for direction: "ghadi l l-plaj".
Example
غدا غادي نمشيو للپلاج
ghedda ghadi nmchiw l l-plaj
“Tomorrow we're going to the beach.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “plage” but also “plaj” and “plaje”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.