wezza وزّة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“wezza” (وزّة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning goose.
Meanings
- goose
Usage
Wezza means "goose". It is a feminine singular noun. The collective is wezz (geese). It is a known word, but geese are less present in everyday Moroccan life than chickens or turkeys, so you hear it mostly in the countryside, at the souk or when talking about farming. In the corpus, the word also appears in an informal negative expression that seems to mean "to understand nothing". This use is not well enough attested to be presented here as an established sense. Do not confuse wezza with wazza or other words of similar form.
Example
شفنا وزة كبيرة فالضاية
chefna wezza kbira f ddaya
“We saw a big goose at the pond.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wezza” but also “wzza”, “wazza” and “weza”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.