plombi پلومبي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“plombi” (پلومبي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning plumber.
Meanings
- plumber
Usage
Plombi is the adapted loanword from French "plombier", very common in everyday speech. It is mostly used with the article: l-plombi, "the plumber". People commonly say "3iyet 3la l-plombi" for "call the plumber" and "ja l-plombi" for "the plumber came". The most frequent plural is plombiyat, but you also hear phrases with "nas l-plombi". The word covers both the installer and the repairman. The corresponding Standard Arabic term is rarely used in speech.
Example
خاصنا نعيطو للپلومبي، الروبيني كايقطر.
khassna n3iyto l l-plombi, r-robini kay9ter.
“We need to call the plumber, the tap is leaking.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “plombi” but also “plombie” and “blombi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.