rokhsa رخصة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“rokhsa” (رخصة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning permit, licence, authorization.
Meanings
- permit, licence, authorization
- leave (authorized absence)
Usage
Rokhsa refers to an official document authorizing an activity: a business licence, a taxi permit, an administrative authorization. For a driving licence, the French word "permis" is often heard rather than rokhsa. In the workplace, the word also means leave or permission to be absent: khda rokhsa, "he took leave". It is also used for permission granted by someone. The register is everyday, with an administrative flavour. The plural is rokhas.
Example
خاصك رخصة باش تحل الحانوت
khassek rokhsa bach t7ell l-7anut
“You need a permit to open the shop.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rokhsa” but also “rkhsa”, “ro5sa”, “rokhssa” and “rukhsa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “rokhsa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “permit, licence”; “authorization, permission”: ro5sa in Tunisian.