sti9ala استقالة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sti9ala” (استقالة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning resignation.
Meanings
- resignation
- resignation letter
Usage
Sti9ala refers to voluntarily leaving a post. Typical constructions are 9eddem sti9ala ("to submit one's resignation") and 3ta sti9ala ("to hand in one's resignation"). The corresponding verb is sta9al ("to resign"). The word is common both in workplace conversations and in political news. In colloquial speech, people also say khrej mn lkhedma or hbes ("he stopped"), but sti9ala remains the precise term whenever there is an official procedure. The q is often written 9 in arabizi.
Example
غادي تعطيه ل إستقالة ديالك.
ghadi t3Tih l isti9ala dyalk.
“You're going to hand him your resignation.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sti9ala” but also “isti9ala”, “sti9aala”, “stiqala” and “istiqala”. 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.