tobis طوبيس

Moroccan Darija · noun

“tobis” (طوبيس) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning city bus.

Meanings

1. city bus
2. coach

Usage

Tobis is the adapted loanword from French "autobus". It is the most common word for the city bus. It is used with the article (t-tobis) or without, as in "chdit tobis", meaning "I took the bus". Some typical constructions: "mcha 3liya t-tobis" for "I missed the bus", and "tobis ba9i maja" for "the bus hasn't arrived yet". The plural is twabis. For long journeys between cities, l-kar, the coach, is more usual. The register is common and neutral.

Example

Forms

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 “tobis” but also “tobiss”, “tobiis”, “toubis” and “tubis”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “tobis” on the Arabic keyboard