tout توت

Moroccan Darija · noun

“tout” (توت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning mulberry (fruit).

Meanings

1. mulberry (fruit)
2. berry (small fruit)
3. mulberry tree

Usage

Tout first means the mulberry, the fruit of the mulberry tree, which is picked in summer and stains the fingers. The word is a collective: you say kla tout ("he ate mulberries"). The tree is called chejra dyal tout. By extension, the word is applied to other small berries, often with a qualifier. The strawberry, however, is frez, not tout. The register is neutral and everyday.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tout” but also “tot”, “toot” and “tut”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “tout” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “mulberries, fruits of the mulberry tree”; “mulberry tree”: tout in Tunisian.