tlaja تلاجة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tlaja” (تلاجة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning refrigerator, fridge.
Meanings
- refrigerator, fridge
Usage
The noun tllaja is the common word for the refrigerator. It is feminine and derives from telj, "ice, snow". One commonly says f t-tllaja, "in the fridge", and dir-ha f t-tllaja, "put it in the fridge". In conversation, one also very often hears "frigo", borrowed directly from French. The plural is tllajat. For the freezer, "congélateur" in French or descriptive expressions are used instead. The word belongs to the ordinary register, with no particular connotation.
Example
يالله كيوصلتني تلاجة لي شريت
yallah kiwslatni tlaja li chrit
“The fridge I bought has just been delivered to me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tlaja” but also “tllaja”, “tellaja” and “tallaja”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.