tijari تجاري
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“tijari” (تجاري) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning commercial, trade-related.
Meanings
- commercial, trade-related
- for-profit, commercialised
Usage
Tijari is the adjective derived from tijara. It takes the feminine form tijariya and the plural tijariyin or tijariyat. It is found mainly in fixed expressions: mahal tijari ("commercial premises"), markaz tijari ("shopping centre"), sijil tijari ("trade register"). Its register is rather administrative and professional. In conversation, Moroccans often use the French word "commercial", for example to refer to a sales job: khdam commercial.
Example
راه عدام فسكتور تجاري ديال بنكا
rah 5edam fsectour tijari dial banka
“He works in the commercial sector of a bank.”
Forms
| feminine | tijaria |
|---|---|
| plural | tijariyin |
| feminine plural | tijariat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tijari” but also “tijaari”, “tejari”, “tijary” and “tijariya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.