stylo ستيلو
Moroccan Darija · noun
“stylo” (ستيلو) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning pen.
Meanings
- pen
Usage
Stilo is a borrowing from French, long integrated and used daily, especially at school and at work. The word is masculine: stilo zre9 ("blue pen"), stilo k7el ("black pen"). The plural is generally stilowat. The Standard Arabic qalam is also heard, but it refers more to a pencil or to a pen in a school register. In arabizi, the French spelling "stylo" is often seen.
Example
عطيني ستيلو زرق
3tini stilo zr9
“Give me a blue pen.”
Forms
| plural | stilowat |
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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 “stylo” but also “stilo” and “stilou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “stylo” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “pen”: stylo in Tunisian.