tswira تصويرة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tswira” (تصويرة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning photo, photograph.
Meanings
- photo, photograph
- image, illustration
Usage
tswira is the usual word for a photo, whether taken on a phone, printed or shared online. The usual plural is tsawer. "To take a photo" is khda tswira; "to take someone's picture" is often sawwer or dar lih tswira. The word is neutral and used in all registers. It is also heard for an image in general, for example in a book or on a screen. With the demonstrative, you say dik tswira or had tswira. The French word "photo" is also widely used among young people, often in the same sentence.
Example
ماعندكش شي تصويرة ديالو
ma3endekch chi tswira dyalou
“Don't you have a photo of him?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tswira” but also “tsswira”, “tasswira”, “tswera” and “taswira”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tswira” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “photo, photograph”; “image, illustration”: tsawira in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “photo”; “picture”: taswira in Tunisian.