ttlat التلات

Moroccan Darija · noun

“ttlat” (التلات) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning Tuesday.

Meanings

1. Tuesday

Usage

Ttlat means Tuesday. It is almost always preceded by nhar (day): nhar ttlat (Tuesday), nhar ttlat jay (next Tuesday). The noun is used without a preposition to place an action in time: msafer nhar ttlat (I'm leaving on Tuesday). Do not confuse it with tlata (the number three) or with ttalt (third): the similarity of the forms in arabizi causes confusion. The word is one of the common day names, like letnin (Monday) and larb3a (Wednesday). It is used in all registers.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ttlat” but also “tlat”, “ttlata” and “etlat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “ttlat” on the Arabic keyboard