wa9t وقت
Moroccan Darija · noun
“wa9t” (وقت) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning time, moment.
Meanings
- time, moment
- appointed time
- era, period
Usage
Wa9t is the basic word for "time" or "moment". Several expressions are common: "fl-wa9t" (on time), "ma 3ndich l-wa9t" (I don't have time), "chi wa9t" (sometimes, one day). For a period in the past, say "f dak l-wa9t" (at that time). Note that it is not the word for weather: for the weather, say j-jaw. To ask the time, people rather say "chal f s-sa3a ?". The word is also the base of w9tach, "when".
Example
وسلنا فل وقت
wselna fl wa9t
“We arrived on time.”
Forms
| plural | aw9at |
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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 “wa9t” but also “we9t”, “w9t” and “waqt”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “wa9t” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “time”; “moment”: wa9t in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “time, moment”; “time of (prayer, meal)”: wa9t in Tunisian.