richa ريشة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“richa” (ريشة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning feather (of a bird).
Meanings
- feather (of a bird)
- brush, plectrum (of an instrument)
- badminton shuttlecock
Usage
Richa first means a bird's feather; the collective or plural is rich, for example the down of a cushion. By extension, the word names thin objects: the painter's brush or the plectrum used to play the oud. Kourat richa, literally "feather ball," is badminton. Figuratively, khfif bhal richa means "light as a feather." In everyday usage the word does not mean "pen" or "writing style."
Example
طاحت واحد الريشة من الطير
ta7t wa7d rricha mn tter
“A feather fell from the bird.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “richa” but also “rycha”, “riicha” and “risha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “richa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “feather (of a bird)”; “artist's brush”: richa in Tunisian.