tasfi9 تصفيق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tasfi9” (تصفيق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning applause.
Meanings
- applause
- clapping
Usage
Tasfi9 means applause. The word belongs to a rather formal register: it is heard in the media, at ceremonies or shows. In everyday language, the verb seffe9 (to applaud) or the noun tsfa9 is more commonly used. For example: seffe9 lih, applaud him. Do not confuse this word with the sense of "to slap", which uses other verbs. Tasfi9 is uncountable in common usage and is mostly used in the singular.
Example
الجمهور دار تصفيق كبير ملي سالا الغنية
ljomhour dar tasfi9 kbir mlli sala lghenya
“The audience gave a big round of applause when the song ended.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tasfi9” but also “tsfi9” and “tesfi9”. 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 “tasfi9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “applause”; “act of clapping”: tasfi9 in Tunisian.