taswit تصويت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“taswit” (تصويت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning vote, ballot.
Meanings
- vote, ballot
Usage
Taswit refers to voting, whether in elections, a referendum or a competition. The word belongs to the media and administrative register, but is well understood by everyone. Examples: nhar taswit, the day of the vote; sowwet 3la, to vote for. The corresponding verb is sowwet, and the meaning of vote is not connected to the idea of a photo. In everyday language, ntikhabat is also used for elections. Young people also use the French word vote, notably for TV talent shows.
Example
نهار التصويت كانو الناس بزاف فالمكتب
nhar taswit kano nas bzaf f lmaktab
“On voting day, there were a lot of people at the polling station.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “taswit” but also “tswit”, “tasswit” and “teswit”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.