ta2tir تأثير
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ta2tir” (تأثير) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning influence, effect on someone.
Meanings
- influence, effect on someone
- impact, consequence
- impression made
Usage
Ta2tir comes from Standard Arabic but is well integrated into darija, especially in fairly serious conversations, the media and social networks. The typical construction is ta2tir 3la, "an influence on". For example: 3ndo ta2tir 3la wladu, "he has influence over his children", or kan lih ta2tir kbir, "it had a big impact". In speech, the standard th is generally pronounced t, hence the spellings t2tir and ta2tir. In informal speech, a speaker may also prefer a verbal phrase such as atter fih, "it affected him, it influenced him".
Example
الصحاب عندهم تأثير كبير على الدراري.
s7ab 3ndhom ta2tir kbir 3la drari.
“Friends have a big influence on kids.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta2tir” but also “t2tir”, “ta2thir”, “te2tir” and “taatir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.
Type “ta2tir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “influence”; “effect, impact”: ta2thir in Algerian.