sef9a صفقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sef9a” (صفقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning deal, transaction.
Meanings
- deal, transaction
- public contract, tender
Usage
A noun pronounced sef9a, meaning a concluded deal, a commercial transaction. It is used mainly in dar sef9a ("to close a deal") and dar sef9a mzyana ("to get a good deal"). In the press and in conversations about politics, it also refers to public contracts, often with an implication of shady dealings. The plural is sefqat. The register is rather formal or commercial: in everyday speech, people also say bi3 w chra ("trade"). In arabizi, do not confuse it with saf7a, "page".
Example
دار صفقة مزيانة فهاد الطوموبيل
dar sef9a mzyana f had tomobil
“He got a good deal on this car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sef9a” but also “saf9a”, “sf9a”, “safqa” and “sefqa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “sef9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “deal, concluded transaction”; “public contract, tender”: safqa in Tunisian.