telyan طليان
Moroccan Darija · noun
“telyan” (طليان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning the Italians.
Meanings
- the Italians
Usage
Ṭelyan refers to Italians collectively. The singular is ṭelyani (an Italian, or the adjective "Italian") and the feminine is ṭelyania. The word is often used about Moroccan emigration to Italy or about football: l-mountakhab dyal ṭ-ṭelyan (the Italy team). For the country, people usually say Italia or Ṭalya. The word remains colloquial and common. Do not confuse it with ṭlila (a glance), whose Latin spelling is similar.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “telyan” but also “tlyan”, “talyan”, “tilyan” and “tlian”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.