wadifa وظيفة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“wadifa” (وظيفة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning job, steady position.
Meanings
- job, steady position
- civil service post
- function, role
Usage
WaDifa means a job, in particular a stable, declared position. It often evokes the civil service: "khdem f lwaDifa l3omomiya", "jab waDifa" (he landed a post). To talk about work in general, "lkhedma" is used instead. WaDifa stresses status more than activity. The plural is "waDa'if". The abstract sense of "function" (the role of an organ or a tool) remains formal and close to Standard Arabic.
Example
آه، راه وظيفة زوينة
ah, rah waDifa zwina
“Yes, it's a good job!”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wadifa” but also “wadhifa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “wadifa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “job, post, especially in the administration”; “function, role”: wadhifa in Tunisian.