mazroub مزروب
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mazroub” (مزروب) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning in a hurry, rushed.
Meanings
- in a hurry, rushed
- impatient, eager for
Usage
Mazroub describes someone who is in a hurry, short of time, or eager to get somewhere. It is very often used with rani: "rani mazroub", "I'm in a hurry". The feminine is mazrouba and the plural is mazroubin. Followed by 3la, it means "impatient for": mazroub 3al 3ors, "in a hurry for the wedding", sometimes with an ironic nuance. The word belongs to the family of the verb zreb, "to hurry", whose imperative zreb! means "hurry up!". It is an everyday, colloquial word, very frequent in speech.
Example
ما نجمش نستنى، راني مزروب.
ma nejjemch nestanna, rani mazroub.
“I can't wait, I'm in a hurry.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mazroub” but also “mezroub”, “mazrob” and “mzroub”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mazroub” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “in a hurry”; “hasty, does everything in a rush”: mazroub in Algerian.