ta9a تاقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ta9a” (تاقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning window.
Meanings
- window
- small opening in a wall
Usage
Ta9a is the common word for "window" in many regions of Morocco. Its plural is ti9an. It also means a small opening or a skylight. It is used in domestic life: 7ell ta9a ("open the window"), sedd ta9a ("close the window"). Depending on the region, you also hear cherjem or a form close to "fenêtre", borrowed from French. The pitfall is confusing it with ṭa9a, written with an emphatic ṭ, which means "energy".
Example
حل التاقة راه السخون
7ell ta9a rah skhoun
“Open the window, it's hot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ta9a” but also “taqa”, “taka”, “t9a” and “ta9at”. 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.
Type “ta9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “window”; “small opening, skylight”: ta9a in Algerian.