tawsi3 توسيع
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tawsi3” (توسيع) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning enlargement, widening.
Meanings
- enlargement, widening
- extension (of a building, a network)
Usage
Tawsi3, often pronounced twsi3, is the verbal noun related to wesse3, "to widen." It refers to the enlargement of a road, a house, a project or a network. It is often heard in connection with roadworks ("tawsi3 dyal ṭ-ṭriq") or with companies that are growing. The register is common, with a slightly more formal tone when speaking of economics or urban planning. Depending on context, it can be translated as "widening," "enlargement" or "extension."
Example
بداو التوسيع ديال الطريق
bdaw tawsi3 dyal triq
“They started the widening of the road.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tawsi3” but also “twsi3”, “tousi3” and “tawsi3e”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.