tri9 طريق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tri9” (طريق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning road, path.
Meanings
- road, path
- street, way
- journey, route
Usage
Tri9 is the common word for road or path. With the article it is pronounced ttri9. It is often treated as feminine: ttri9 twila (the road is long). Common expressions are f ttri9 (on the way, en route), chedd ttri9 (to take the road, set off) and 3la tri9 (via, by way of). The figurative sense "way of doing things" belongs rather to tari9a. The expression tri9 sslama (safe journey) is used to wish someone a good trip. The plural is toro9 or tro9, the latter also meaning "national highways" in administrative language.
Example
شد هاد طريق
ched had tri9
“Take this road.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tri9” but also “triq”, “tre9”, “ttri9” and “trik”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “tri9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “road, path”; “route, direction”: triq in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “road, street”; “way, journey”: tri9 in Tunisian.