tghtia تغطية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tghtia” (تغطية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning coverage (insurance, social protection).
Meanings
- coverage (insurance, social protection)
- media coverage
- act of covering
Usage
This noun is used mostly in set expressions from administrative and media language. The most common is tghTia S7iya, "health coverage"; one also hears tghTia ijtima3iya, "social coverage". Journalists also use it for the coverage of an event. For the object used to cover oneself, such as a bed blanket, you never say tghTia but manTa or bttaniya. For phone network coverage, you also hear rizo or "réseau".
Example
واش عندك تغطية صحية؟
wach 3ndek tghTia S7iya?
“Do you have health coverage?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tghtia” but also “taghtia”, “tghtiya” and “tghtya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tghtia” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “coverage (insurance)”; “media coverage”: taghtia in Tunisian.