triko تريكو
Moroccan Darija · noun
“triko” (تريكو) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning t-shirt, top.
Meanings
- t-shirt, top
- sports jersey
- sweater, knitwear
Usage
Triko comes from French "tricot", but in Morocco it mainly refers to a light top: a t-shirt, polo or jersey. It doesn't necessarily mean a knitted wool garment. For a thick sweater, people usually say pull or triko dyal ṣṣuf. It is also used for a team's jersey: triko dyal lmuntakhab (the national team jersey). The register is informal and common.
Example
شريت تريكو البارح
chrit trikko lbar7
“I bought a t-shirt yesterday.”
Forms
| plural | trikowat |
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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 “triko” but also “trico”, “tricou”, “trikko” and “tricot”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “triko” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “t-shirt, tee-shirt”; “jersey (sports)”: triko in Algerian.