salon صالون
Moroccan Darija · noun
“salon” (صالون) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning living room, reception room.
Meanings
- living room, reception room
- set of living-room sofas
- hair or beauty salon
Usage
Salon is a borrowing from French, fully integrated into darija. It first refers to the room where guests are received and tea is served. By extension, it also refers to the set of banquettes and cushions that furnish it: one says one is buying or redoing a salon, meaning this furniture. It is used with the article l- (l salon) and is masculine. The meaning "hair salon" also exists. The English gloss "gallery" does not match common usage.
Example
بغيتي تمشي ل صالون نشربو شي كاسّ ديال أتاي?
bghiti tmchi l Salon ncherbo chi kass dial atay?
“Do you want to go to the living room and have a glass of tea?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “salon” but also “salone” and “saloun”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “salon” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “living room, sitting room”; “hair or beauty salon”: salon in Tunisian.