tawa طاوة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tawa” (طاوة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning frying pan.
Meanings
- frying pan
- flat-bottomed cooking pan
Usage
Ṭawa is a feminine noun, plural ṭawat. It refers to the flat-bottomed, long-handled utensil used for frying or sautéing: eggs, fish, potatoes. The word belongs to everyday household vocabulary. It is used with the article: ṭ-ṭawa. For a specific item, you can say ṭ-ṭawa dyal l-ḥut, "the fish pan". Do not confuse it with the cooking pot (gdra) or the pressure cooker (ṭanjra d l-poussion or cocotte). Also avoid confusing it with the homophonous adverb in other dialects meaning "now", which does not have that sense in Morocco.
Example
سخني الزيت فالطاوة عاد زيدي البيض.
sekhni zzit f ttawa 3ad zidi lbid.
“Heat the oil in the pan, then add the eggs.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tawa” but also “taoua”, “ttawa” and “tawwa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tawa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “frying pan, cooking pan”; “handleless metal pan”: tawa in Algerian.