tayyar تيار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tayyar” (تيار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning current (water, sea).
Meanings
- current (water, sea)
- electric current
- trend, movement of ideas
Usage
Tiyyar or tayyar means a current. In the concrete sense, it is the current of the sea or of a river, often to warn of danger: "ttiyyar jebdou" (the current carried him away). It can also mean electric current; for everyday electricity, people more often say dduw or trisinti. In the abstract sense, it means a political or cultural trend, in a more formal register close to the language of the media. The form with the assimilated article, ttiyyar, is the most frequent in speech.
Example
ما تعومش تمّا، التيار قوي
ma t3oumch temma, ttiyyar 9wi
“Don't swim over there, the current is strong.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tayyar” but also “tiyar”, “tiyyar”, “ttiyar” and “tayar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tayyar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “political or ideological current”; “current (water, electricity)”: tayar in Tunisian.