maghribi مغربي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“maghribi” (مغربي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning Moroccan.
Meanings
- Moroccan
- a Moroccan
Usage
In Tunisia, maghribi means "Moroccan", because el-Maghrib refers to Morocco. It does not mean "Maghrebi" in the broad sense, which is rather said maghé3bi or rendered with a phrase like mta3 el-Maghrib el-3arbi. The word is used as an adjective (makla maghribiya, "Moroccan cuisine") or as a noun ("a Moroccan"). The feminine is maghribiya and the plural maghérba. The register is neutral and everyday.
Example
جاري مغربي، ساكن هنا من زمان.
jari maghribi, sékén hna mel zmén.
“My neighbour is Moroccan, he has lived here for a long time.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “maghribi” but also “maghrebi”, “mghribi” and “maghrabi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “maghribi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “Moroccan (nationality)”; “a Moroccan (noun)”: maghribi in Algerian.