zaj زاج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“zaj” (زاج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning glass (material).
Meanings
- glass (material)
- windowpane, pane
Usage
Zaj refers to glass as a material: a bottle, a jar or an object "made of glass" is said dyal zaj. The word also refers to the glass of a window, a door or a car, as well as a protective glass screen. Note that the glass one drinks from is not called zaj but kas. To say "the glass", the article is used: zzaj.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zaj” but also “zzaj” and “zaaj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.