terbouch طربوش

Moroccan Darija · noun

“terbouch” (طربوش) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning hat, headwear.

Meanings

1. hat, headwear
2. fez, traditional red cap

Usage

Terbouch commonly refers to headwear in a broad sense: hat, cap or beanie depending on the region and the speaker. In a more traditional sense, it refers to the red fez, notably the terbouch fassi, worn with the jellaba at ceremonies and religious festivals. The usual verb is lbes (to wear, put on): lbes t-terbouch. The plural is traben. Note: an English speaker may expect only the meaning "fez", whereas in everyday context the word often means a simple hat.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “terbouch” but also “tarbouch”, “trbouch”, “tarboch” and “terboch”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “terbouch” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “red conical cap with tassel”; “traditional ceremonial headgear”: tarbouch in Algerian.