serdin سردين

Moroccan Darija · noun

“serdin” (سردين) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning sardines (collective).

Meanings

1. sardines (collective)

Usage

Serdin is a collective noun: it refers to sardines in general, as food or as a catch, and often takes the singular. For a single sardine, use serdina. It is a very popular, cheap food in Morocco, sold fresh at the ports and in the souks, grilled, fried, as meatballs or stuffed with chermoula. It is bought by the kilo: kilo d serdin. The word also appears in familiar images, for example for people packed like sardines in a bus.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “serdin” but also “sardin”, “srdin” and “sardine”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “serdin” on the Arabic keyboard