tkhfid تخفيض

Moroccan Darija · noun

“tkhfid” (تخفيض) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning discount, reduction.

Meanings

1. discount, reduction
2. drop (in prices, rates)
3. sales

Usage

TekhfiD is used mainly in commerce. It refers to a discount given by a seller or a general price cut. The common construction is dar tekhfiD, "to give a discount". The plural tekhfiDat is used for sales or promotions. The word is fairly formal: in a souk, people more often ask to "lower" the price with n99eS, or simply say "remise" or "promo". It is often seen on shop signs.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tkhfid” but also “takhfid”, “tekhfid” and “t5fid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.

Type “tkhfid” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “discount, reduction”; “sales, promotion”: takhfidh in Tunisian.

How to say “discount” in Moroccan and Tunisian