prodwi پرودوي
Moroccan Darija · noun
“prodwi” (پرودوي) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning product (commercial, household).
Meanings
- product (commercial, household)
- cosmetic or care product
Usage
Adapted loan from French "produit", pronounced "prodwi". It is very common for talking about an item sold in a shop, a household product or a beauty product. For example, "prodwi dyal tsbin" for a laundry or cleaning product, or "prodwi dyal cha3r" for a hair-care product. In the vocabulary of trade, it sits alongside "sel3a", which means goods in general. The word takes the article l-: "l-prodwi". Latin spelling wavers between the French spelling "produit" and the phonetic transcription "prodwi".
Example
هاد البرودوي مزيان للشعر
had l-prodwi mzyan l cha3r
“This product is good for the hair.”
Forms
| plural | prodwiat |
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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, you will find “prodwi” but also “prodoui” and “brodwi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.