raw3a روعة

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“raw3a” (روعة) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning magnificent, superb.

Meanings

1. magnificent, superb
2. splendor, wonder

Usage

Raw3a is originally a noun ("splendor"), but it is used mainly as an invariable adjective or as an exclamation to say that something is superb: had lblasa raw3a, "this place is magnificent". It is very common in online comments, alone (raw3a!) or intensified (raw3a bzaf). Its register is slightly more refined than informal equivalents like zwin or na9i. It does not agree: raw3a is used for a man, a woman or a thing. It is rarely used for people, more for places, songs, photos or dishes.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “raw3a” but also “rawe3a”, “rao3a”, “raw3aa” and “rawaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.

Type “raw3a” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “marvel, splendor”; “awesome! superb! (exclamation)”: rawa3a in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “magnificent, superb”; “marvel”: raw3a in Tunisian.