wsada وسادة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“wsada” (وسادة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning cushion.

Meanings

1. cushion
2. pillow

Usage

Wsada means a cushion, especially the ones that line the benches of a Moroccan living room, or a pillow. The common plural is wsayed. For a bed pillow, many Moroccans say mkhedda instead. Wsada is then used more for living-room cushions or in a slightly more refined register. For example: bdel lghlaf dyal lwsada (change the cushion cover). Remember the difference between the two words: mkhedda for the bed pillow, wsada mainly for the cushion.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wsada” but also “wssada”, “wisada”, “wasada” and “ousada”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “wsada” on the Arabic keyboard