zyada زيادة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“zyada” (زيادة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning extra, additional amount.
Meanings
- extra, additional amount
- increase (price, salary)
- birth (congratulations)
Usage
Zyada refers to what is added: an extra, an additional portion, an increase. You say zyada f l7a9 ("pay raise") or zyada f l-as3ar ("price rise"). Bezzyada means "too much, in excess." The phrase mbrouk zzyada is used to congratulate parents on a birth. The fixed expression zyada mn ras l7me9 describes a pointless addition, an excess of zeal: "it's extra foolishness." At the market, asking for zyada means asking the vendor for a little extra.
Example
كولشي باغي زيادة
koulchi baghi zyada
“Everyone wants more.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zyada” but also “ziyada”, “ziada” and “zeyada”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “zyada” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “extra amount, supplement”; “increase (in price, in salary)”: zyada in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “supplement, extra charge”; “increase (price, salary)”: zyeda in Tunisian.