settmya ستمية
Moroccan Darija · numeral
“settmya” (ستمية) is a numeral in Moroccan Darija meaning six hundred.
Meanings
- six hundred
Usage
Settmya is the number six hundred. It is formed from stt (six) and mya (hundred), fused into a single word, like tsse3mya (nine hundred) or tmenmya (eight hundred). It follows the same pattern as the other hundreds: it goes directly before a singular noun, "settmya dirham". The pitfall concerns money: people often count in rials or centimes. So "settmya ryal" is worth only thirty dirhams. Depending on the context, "settmya" on its own can also mean six hundred francs (centimes), so six dirhams. If in doubt, check the unit.
Example
شريت هاد الصباط بستمية درهم
chrit had sbbat b settmya dirham
“I bought these shoes for six hundred dirhams.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “settmya” but also “sttmya”, “setmya”, “settemya” and “sttmiya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.