tbbakh طباخ
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tbbakh” (طباخ) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning cook.
Meanings
- cook
- head chef
Usage
Tbbakh refers to the person who cooks, whether at home or in a restaurant. It is also used for cooks hired for parties and weddings. The feminine is tbbakha. The usual plural is tbbakhin. The word comes from the verb tbekh, "to cook". To pay a compliment, one says tbbakh mzyan or tbbakh wa3er, "a very good cook". For a restaurant chef, one often hears "chef", borrowed from French, but tbbakh remains the general term. It has nothing pejorative about it.
Example
هوا طباخ واعر
8owwa Tbbakh wa3er
“He's an excellent cook.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tbbakh” but also “tebbakh”, “tabbakh” and “tbakh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tbbakh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “cook”; “chef (restaurant, event)”: tabbakh in Tunisian.