mouja موجة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mouja” (موجة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning wave (of the sea).
Meanings
- wave (of the sea)
- wave (of heat, cold)
- passing trend, fad
Usage
Mouja first means a wave of the sea. One says el bhar fih mouj, "the sea is rough," or mouja kbira, "a big wave." The singular is mouja and the collective is mouj. As in English, the word is used figuratively: mouja mta3 skhana, "a heat wave," mouja mta3 bard, "a cold snap," or a mouja of price increases. It also means a passing trend or fashion. The expression rkeb 3al mouja means both "to surf" and "to follow the trend opportunistically."
Example
اليوم البحر فيه موجة كبيرة، ما تعومش
lyoum el bhar fih mouja kbira, ma t3oumch
“Today there are big waves, don't swim.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mouja” but also “mawja”, “mouje”, “moja” and “mouj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mouja” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “a wave (of the sea)”; “wave (of heat, cold)”: mouja in Moroccan.