tran تران
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tran” (تران) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning train.
Meanings
- train
Usage
Tran is the adapted loan from French "train", and it is the usual word for this meaning in Morocco. You say "nakhod tran" (to take the train), "tran dyal Rbat" (the train to Rabat), "lma7ata dyal tran" (the train station). The word is often used without an article, or with the article: "ttran". Standard Arabic qitar is heard mainly in the media and official announcements, rarely in conversation. For the high-speed train, you hear "tran rapide" or "TGV", pronounced the French way. The plural is little used; people rather say "bzaf dyal tran".
Example
واش غادي تاخد طيارة ولا تران؟
wach ghadi takhod Tyyara ola tran?
“Are you going to take a plane or a train?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tran” but also “train”, “trane” and “ttran”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tran” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “train”: tran in Tunisian.