tzewej تزوج
Moroccan Darija · verb
“tzewej” (تزوج) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to get married.
Meanings
- to get married
- to marry someone
Usage
Tzewwej is the usual verb for "to get married". The present is kayetzewwej and the future is ghadi yetzewwej. To say whom someone marries, use b: tzewwej b bent 3ammo (he married his cousin). The participle mzewwej means "married". The word is used in all registers, for men and women alike (tzewwjat). Pitfall for an English speaker: the construction takes b, not a direct object as in "marry someone".
Example
خويا تزوج البارح
khouya tzewej lbar7
“My brother got married yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tzewej” but also “tzwej”, “tzewwej”, “tzwj” and “tzawej”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.