t9acher تقاشر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“t9acher” (تقاشر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning socks.
Meanings
- socks
Usage
The word t9acher is the common term for "socks". It is used mostly in the plural, meaning one pair or several pairs, and is used everywhere in Morocco. For a single sock, the singular ta9chira is commonly used. For a pair, one says jouj t9acher. The word belongs to everyday vocabulary and has no particular connotation. In online writing, one finds both a single t and a doubled t, as in tt9acher, which reflects assimilation of the definite article.
Example
خاصني نشري تقاشر جداد
5assni nchri t9acher jdad
“I need to buy new socks.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “t9acher” but also “t9achr”, “tqacher” and “tt9acher”. 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.