plastic پلاستيك
Moroccan Darija · noun
“plastic” (پلاستيك) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning plastic (material).
Meanings
- plastic (material)
Usage
Adapted loanword from French "plastique", pronounced "plastik". It refers to the material and is mostly used as a modifier with "dyal": "kas dyal plastik", "a plastic cup". Pitfall for an English speaker: a plastic bag is not called by this word. Use "mika", which means the disposable plastic bag and, more broadly, thin plastic. "Plastik" remains the generic term for rigid objects: chairs, jerrycans, toys. The Latin spelling "plastic" matches English, but Moroccan pronunciation follows French.
Example
هاد الكاس ديال البلاستيك
had l-kas dyal plastik
“This cup is made of plastic.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “plastic” but also “plastik”, “blastik” and “plastique”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.