ttolot التلت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ttolot” (التلت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning one third.
Meanings
- one third
Usage
Ttulut means a third, one of three equal parts of a whole. It is used for shares, inheritance, money or quantities: ttulut dyal lflus, "a third of the money". The plural is tlat dyal ttlut or, more rarely, tlulat. "Two thirds" is juj tlut or zuj tlut. The word belongs to the series of fractions, with nnuss (half), rrubu3 (quarter) and ttumun (eighth). Be careful not to confuse it with tlata, "three". In everyday conversation, a paraphrase such as wa7ed men tlata, "one in three", is sometimes preferred.
Example
خدا التلت ديال الورت
khda ttulut dyal lwert
“He took a third of the inheritance.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ttolot” but also “tolt”, “ttulut”, “tlut” and “ttolout”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.