maftou7 مفتوح
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“maftou7” (مفتوح) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning open.
Meanings
- open
- welcoming, open-minded
- light (colour)
Usage
Maftou7 is the passive participle of fta7 ("to open") and means "open". It applies to a door, a shop, a road or an account: el 7anout maftou7a ("the shop is open"). It agrees in gender and number: maftou7a in the feminine, maftou7in in the plural. Figuratively, it describes a welcoming house or person, or an open mind. For a colour, it means "light", as in azre9 maftou7 ("light blue"), the opposite of ghame9 ("dark"). It is a neutral word, used in all registers.
Example
الحانوت مفتوحة حتى للعشية
el 7anout maftou7a 7atta lel 3chiya
“The shop is open until late afternoon.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “maftou7” but also “maftouh”, “maftoo7”, “meftou7” and “maftu7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “maftou7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “open”; “light (colour)”: meftou7 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “open (door, shop, container)”; “open, available (registration, account, donations)”: maftouh in Algerian.