trisyan تريسيان

Moroccan Darija · noun

“trisyan” (تريسيان) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning electrician (building).

Meanings

1. electrician (building)
2. auto electrician

Usage

Trisyan is an adapted loanword from French "électricien". The initial syllable disappears and the word is pronounced trisyan. It refers both to the tradesman who works in homes and to the car electrician, who repairs batteries, starters and car wiring. People say mcha 3nd trisyan (he went to the electrician). The word is common and informal. Standard Arabic kahrabaʾi exists but is mostly heard in a more formal register. For the workshop, people also say ttrisyan without further specification.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “trisyan” but also “trician”, “trissian”, “tricien” and “trisian”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “trisyan” on the Arabic keyboard