sndo9 صندوق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sndo9” (صندوق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning box, crate.
Meanings
- box, crate
- chest, trunk
- fund, treasury (institution)
Usage
Sendouq refers to a closed container, larger than a simple box: a crate, a trunk, or a chest where belongings are kept. The plural is snadeq. For a small box, l-3olba or a diminutive is used instead. The word is also used in administrative vocabulary, meaning an institution: sendouq d-dman l-ijtima3i ("social security fund"). It also appears in sendouq l-ba3ra, the ballot box.
Example
حطّ الحوايج فالصندوق وسدّو مزيان.
7ett l7wayj f sendouq w seddo mzyan.
“Put the things in the crate and close it well.”
Forms
| plural | Snad9 |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sndo9” but also “sndou9”, “sandou9”, “sendou9” and “sando9”. 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 “sndo9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “crate, chest, trunk”; “car trunk”: sendouk in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “box, crate”; “chest, trunk”: sondou9 in Tunisian.