sarout ساروت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sarout” (ساروت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning key (door, car).
Meanings
- key (door, car)
Usage
Sarout is the common word for "key" in Morocco. It is found in all everyday situations: sarout d ddar (the house key), sarout d tomobil (the car key). The plural is swaret. With the article, you say ssarout, often written sarout. The word refers to the physical object. For the key to a problem in the figurative sense, another expression is used instead. The word miftah, from Standard Arabic, is understood but much less used in conversation. Frequent expressions: sedd b ssarout (to lock), nsit ssarout (I forgot the key).
Example
واش عندك ساروت؟
Wach 3andk sarout?
“Do you have the key?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sarout” but also “sarot”, “ssarout”, “sarut” and “sarouut”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.