takwin تكوين
Moroccan Darija · noun
“takwin” (تكوين) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning vocational training, course.
Meanings
- vocational training, course
- formation, makeup
Usage
The word takwin refers mainly to vocational training or a cycle of courses: you say dar takwin ("he did a training course") or tsajjel f takwin ("to enrol in a training course"). The expression takwin 3an bo3d corresponds to distance learning. The register is everyday but fairly close to administrative vocabulary, since the word comes from Standard Arabic. In speech, many people also say "formation" or "stage" in French. The plural takwinat is found mostly in writing and in announcements.
Example
كاين تكوين مزيان
kayn takwin mzyan
“There's a good training course.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “takwin” but also “tekwin”, “tkwin” and “takwine”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “takwin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “training (vocational, paid)”; “constitution, composition”: takwin in Algerian.