program پروڭرام
Moroccan Darija · noun
“program” (پروڭرام) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning program, plan of activities.
Meanings
- program, plan of activities
- TV or radio show
- software, computer program
Usage
Program is a borrowing from French, integrated into darija and very common. It is masculine: had l-program, chi program. It first means a plan of activities, what one intends to do: ach kayn f l-program lyoum? ("what's on the program today?"). One also says dir chi program for "organize something" with friends. It is used for a television show and, among young people, for a piece of software. The most commonly heard plural is programat. In a more formal register, especially on television, you also hear barnamaj, the Standard Arabic word.
Example
خاصنا نديرو شي پروڭرام
khasna ndiro chi program
“We need to organize something (a program).”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “program” but also “programme”, “brogram” and “programe”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.