tari9a طريقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tari9a” (طريقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning way, manner.
Meanings
- way, manner
- method, procedure
- Sufi order
Usage
Tari9a means the way of doing something. Common constructions are b had ttari9a (this way), b chi tari9a (somehow, one way or another) and chnou hiya ttari9a ? (how do you do it?). The word is feminine and its plural is tora9 or tari9at. In the religious domain it means a Sufi order, a sense that is very much alive in Morocco. Do not confuse it with tri9, which means the physical road. In everyday speech you also hear kifach or chi tari9a to express the same idea.
Example
قولها بشي طريقة أخرى
golha bshi tari9a akhra
“Say it another way.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tari9a” but also “tariqa”, “tarika” and “tari9”. 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 “tari9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “way, manner”; “method, means”: tari9a in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “way, manner of doing”; “method, procedure”: tari9a in Tunisian.