tatawor تطوّر
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tatawor” (تطوّر) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to evolve, to develop.
Meanings
- to evolve, to develop
- to progress, to improve
- (noun taTawwor) evolution, development
Usage
The verb tTowwer is used for a person, a city, a country or a technology that changes and progresses: l-bled tTowwret (the country has developed), tTowwer f l-khedma dyalou (he has progressed in his work). It is common in conversation as well as in the media. The corresponding noun, taTawwor (evolution, development), belongs to a more formal register; it is read and heard mostly in the press and in speeches. The meaning is almost always positive: for a change going in the wrong direction, tbeddel (to change) or a more precise verb is preferred.
Example
المدينة تطوّرات بزاف هاد السنين
l-mdina tTowwret bezzaf had s-snin
“The city has changed a lot over these years.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kantTowwer | tTowwert | |
| nta (you, m.) | kattTowwer | tTowwerti | tTowwer |
| nti (you, f.) | kattTowwri | tTowwerti | tTowwri |
| howa (he) | kaytTowwer | tTowwer | |
| hiya (she) | kattTowwer | tTowwerat | |
| 7na (we) | kantTowwro | tTowwerna | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | kattTowwro | tTowwerto | tTowwro |
| homa (they) | kaytTowwro | tTowwero |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tatawor” but also “tatawwor”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tatawor” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to evolve, progress”; “to develop, improve”: tatawar in Algerian.