serj سرج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“serj” (سرج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning saddle (horse, mule).
Meanings
- saddle (horse, mule)
- saddle (bicycle, motorbike)
Usage
Serj means the saddle of a mount: horse, mule or donkey. It is used in the countryside, at fantasia festivals and in leatherwork, where embroidered saddles are a specialty. With the article, it is pronounced sserj. It is also heard for the seat of a bicycle or motorbike, although other words exist for that use. The register is everyday. Note that the same written word can be read as a verb from the same root, meaning "to saddle". Context decides which is meant.
Example
حط السرج على العود
7ett sserj 3la l3oud
“Put the saddle on the horse.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “serj” but also “sserj”, “sarj”, “srj” and “sourj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.