trtib ترتيب

Moroccan Darija · noun

“trtib” (ترتيب) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning order, tidiness.

Meanings

1. order, tidiness
2. organization, preparations
3. ranking

Usage

Trtib refers to putting things in order, and to the resulting order. It is related to the verb retteb (to tidy, to organize). People say "kolchi bt-trtib" for "everything in order," or "b-trtib" in the sense of "one after the other." The word is also used for the preparations for an event: "trtib dyal l3ers" (the organization of the wedding). In sport, especially football, it means the ranking of teams. It is a common word in a neutral register. For simply tidying a room, you also hear "tqadda" or the verb retteb.

Example

Forms

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 “trtib” but also “tartib”, “tertib” and “ttartib”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “trtib” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “ranking, standing”; “tidying, putting in order”: tartib in Tunisian.