trab تراب

Moroccan Darija · noun

“trab” (تراب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning soil, earth.

Meanings

1. soil, earth
2. dust
3. homeland, territory

Usage

Trab refers to the material of the ground: the soil you dig in the garden, the dust that dirties clothes or shoes. For example, "lhwayej 3amrin trab" is said of belongings covered in dust. The word is also used to mean homeland or territory, especially in a more solemn or patriotic register, as in "trab lblad". It also evokes the grave and death in religious or proverbial expressions. Note that trab does not mean the planet Earth, nor a building plot, which is rather called l-ard.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

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

Type “trab” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “earth, soil”; “dust”: trab in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “earth, soil”; “dust”: trab in Tunisian.