ri7la رحلة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ri7la” (رحلة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning trip, journey.
Meanings
- trip, journey
- excursion, organized outing
Usage
Rihla refers to a trip or excursion, whether a stay abroad or a day outing. People commonly say rihla mdrasiya for a school trip. The word is feminine: one says rihla zwina, and the possessive is formed with dyal (rihla dyali) or with a suffix (rihlti). The usual plural is rihlat. In colloquial speech, many people also say safar for a longer journey, or use the French "voyage". Rihla remains neutral and understood by everyone, in speech and in writing.
Example
أول رحلة ليا لبرا!
awal ri7la lya lbra!
“My very first trip abroad!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ri7la” but also “rihla”, “r7la”, “rri7la” and “re7la”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “ri7la” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “trip, journey”; “excursion, organized outing”: re7la in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “trip, journey”; “excursion, organised outing”: re7la in Tunisian.