tlaqa اتلقى
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tlaqa” (اتلقى) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to meet, meet up.
Meanings
- to meet, meet up
- to run into someone
Usage
Tlaqa means "to meet" or "to meet up". With a direct object, it means to meet someone: tlaqitu f zenqa "I ran into him in the street". In the plural, it expresses a reciprocal meeting: ntlaqaw "we'll see each other". The construction with m3a is also common: tlaqit m3a sahbi "I met up with my friend". It is an everyday verb, widely used for setting up a meeting. Pitfall: Standard Arabic talaqqa, written without an initial alif, means "to receive" and does not match this sense.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tlaqa” but also “tla9a”, “ttlaqa”, “tlaka” and “ttla9a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.