smiya سمية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“smiya” (سمية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning name, first name.
Meanings
- name, first name
Usage
Smiya is the usual word for "name". It refers to a person's first name, but also to the name of a place, a product or a thing. It combines with possessives: smiti (my name), smitek (your name), smitha (her name). The usual question is "chnou smitek?", what is your name? For a family name, one says lkonya instead. The corresponding verb is semma, "to name". Pitfall: in Arabic script, the same spelling can also be read as the female first name Soumaya. Only context can settle it.
Example
خليني نقلب ليه على شي سمية
khlini n9lb lih 3la chi smya
“Let me look for a name for him.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “smiya” but also “smia”, “smya”, “smyya” and “smiyya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.