sor3a سرعة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sor3a” (سرعة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning speed.
Meanings
- speed
- quickness, haste
Usage
Sor3a means speed, especially on the road: zad f sor3a, "he sped up", or tqelleq men sor3a, "watch your speed". The noun is feminine. The phrase b sor3a is equivalent to "quickly". In relaxed speech, dghya or b zzerba is often preferred for "quickly". The word is neutral and common in the media as well as in conversation. In Latin letters it is found as sor3a or sour3a, and sometimes sor3a with the article: ssor3a. It belongs to the same family as srre3 and sri3.
Example
بلا ما تزيد ف سرعة ف هاد طريق.
bla ma tzid f sor3a f had tri9.
“Don't speed up on this road.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sor3a” but also “sour3a”, “sur3a” and “sor3aa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “sor3a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “speed, quickness”; “haste”: sor3a in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “speed”; “quickness, haste”: sor3a in Tunisian.