priz پريز
Moroccan Darija · noun
“priz” (پريز) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning wall power socket.
Meanings
- wall power socket
- electrical plug
Usage
Adapted loan from French "prise". It is the usual word for an electrical socket. The same word can mean the wall socket or the plug on the cable, depending on context. It is often used with verbs such as "chargi", "to charge" ("chargi t-tilifoun f l-priz"), or "7iyyed", "to unplug". For a power strip, the French word itself is often heard. The word takes the article l-: "l-priz". Latin spelling wavers between "priz", faithful to the pronunciation, and "prise", the French spelling.
Example
فين كاينة البريز؟ بغيت نشارجي التيليفون
fin kayna l-priz? bghit nchargi t-tilifoun
“Where is the socket? I want to charge my phone.”
Forms
| plural | prizat |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, it is written “priz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.