tatbi9 تطبيق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tatbi9” (تطبيق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning application (mobile, software).
Meanings
- application (mobile, software)
- implementation, enforcement
Usage
tatbi9 commonly refers to a phone application or an online service: f tatbi9, "on the app." The term comes from Standard Arabic but has become well established in speech. It competes directly with the French word "application," often shortened to "l'appli" or "app." The plural is tatbi9at. In an administrative or legal register, tatbi9 also means the implementation of a law or a decision. This sense is found mainly in the media and in official texts.
Example
قالو ليا بلي كايدافعوها في تطبيق
9alo lia bili kaydaf3oha fi tatbi9
“They told me it's submitted on the app.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tatbi9” but also “tatbiq”, “ttatbi9” and “tatbik”. 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.