tawla طاولة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tawla” (طاولة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning table.
Meanings
- table
- bench, desk
Usage
Tawla means "table". The word exists in Morocco, but it belongs rather to a careful or school register, that of television and writing. In everyday conversation, people say tebla much more often, an adapted loanword. You also hear tawla for a work table or a desk. The word is feminine. The plural is tawlat. It is not a pitfall of meaning for an English speaker. You only need to know that tebla will sound more natural in daily life.
Example
طاولة مصوبة من الخشب
tTbla mSawba mn lkhcheb
“A table made of wood.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tawla” but also “tawila”, “taoula” and “tawela”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tawla” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “table”; “school desk”: tawla in Tunisian.