srwal سروال
Moroccan Darija · noun
“srwal” (سروال) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning trousers, pants.
Meanings
- trousers, pants
- traditional baggy trousers
Usage
Srwal is the usual word for "trousers", whatever the style. It is masculine and its plural is srawel. The material is often specified: srwal djean, srwal dyal toub. The associated verb is lbes, "to wear, put on": labes srwal, "he is wearing trousers". The word also refers to the traditional baggy trousers, from which the French "sarouel" comes, but it should not be reduced to that meaning. The register is neutral. Latin spellings vary mainly in the vowel written: srwal, serwal, sarwal.
Example
بغيت نشري سروال
bghit nchri sarwal
“I want to buy a pair of trousers.”
Forms
| plural | srawel |
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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 “srwal” but also “serwal”, “sarwal”, “sirwal” and “srouel”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “srwal” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “trousers, pants”; “sarouel, traditional baggy trousers”: serwal in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “trousers, pants”; “traditional baggy trousers”: serwel in Tunisian.