wer9a ورقة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“wer9a” (ورقة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning sheet of paper.
Meanings
- sheet of paper
- document, official paper
- leaf (of a plant)
Usage
Wer9a first means a sheet of paper. It also means any document: a form, a certificate, a letter from the bank. The plural lwra9 has a very important meaning: "the papers", that is, administrative, identity or residence documents. "3ndo lwra9" means he has his papers in order. The same word means the leaf of a tree or plant. In smokers' slang, wer9a can also mean rolling paper. The register is everyday.
Example
عطيني ورقة بيضة
3tini wr9a byda
“Give me a blank sheet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wer9a” but also “war9a”, “wr9a”, “warqa” and “werqa”. 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 “wer9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sheet of paper”; “leaf of a tree”: werqa in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “sheet of paper”; “document, official paper”: war9a in Tunisian.