ta3awoni تعاوني
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ta3awoni” (تعاوني) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning cooperative, mutually helpful.
Meanings
- cooperative, mutually helpful
Usage
The adjective ta3awoni, feminine ta3awoniya, is used mostly in expressions like ro7 ta3awoniya, "spirit of mutual aid". The noun t3awniya, an agricultural or craft "cooperative", is very widespread in Morocco. The register is rather formal. Important pitfall: written in Arabic without vowels, the same form is very often read t3awni or t3awenni, "that you help me" or "help me", as in wach t9der t3awni, "can you help me?". In arabizi, the adjective is generally distinguished by the spelling ta3awoni.
Example
عندهم روح تعاوني
3ndhoum ro7 ta3awouni
“They have a cooperative spirit.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta3awoni” but also “ta3aawoni”, “ta3awouni”, “ta3awuni”, “t3awni” and “t3aweni”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.