tlfaza تلفازة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tlfaza” (تلفازة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning television, TV set.
Meanings
- television, TV set
- television (broadcasting)
Usage
Tlfaza is a common feminine noun for both the television set and television in general. It coexists with tilifizyon, modelled on French, and with the close variant tlfza. One says ch3el t-tlfaza for "turn on the TV" and tfi t-tlfaza for "turn it off". For "to watch TV", one says tferrej f t-tlfaza, with the preposition f. The article l assimilates to the initial t: t-tlfaza, which online writing often omits. The word is neutral and used in all everyday registers.
Example
شعلي تلفازة بزربة
sh3li tlfaza bzrba
“Turn on the TV, quickly.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tlfaza” but also “telfaza”, “talfaza” and “tilfaza”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.