riya رية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“riya” (رية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning lung.
Meanings
- lung
Usage
Riya means lung. In the plural, riyat means the lungs in everyday speech. The word is used when talking about health, tobacco or breathing: "ddoxxan kaykhsser riya". It is also used at the doctor's, with "tswira dyal riya" for a chest X-ray. In cooking, the same word refers to animal lung, an offal that is prepared especially at Eid. The register is neutral. The word has nothing to do with ra2y, "opinion". It should also not be confused with riḥ, "wind".
Example
الكارو كيخسر الرية.
lgaro kaykhsser riya.
“Cigarettes damage the lungs.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “riya” but also “rya”, “riyya”, “ria” and “rrya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “riya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “lung”: riya in Tunisian.