mzawer مزور
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mzawer” (مزور) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning forged, counterfeit.
Meanings
- forged, counterfeit
- forger, one who forges
Usage
Mzawwer describes a forged document or object: an ID card, a diploma, a banknote or a signature. For example, passeport mzawwer or flous mzawra for counterfeit banknotes. Used as a noun, it refers to the person who makes forgeries. The word is also used to talk about rigged elections: intikhabet mzawra. It is common in the press, in conversations about administration and in crime reports. For a simple imitation of a brand, taïwan or "counterfeit" is used instead. The feminine is mzawra.
Example
شدوه بباسبور مزور في المطار.
chaddouh b passeport mzawwer fel matar.
“They arrested him at the airport with a forged passport.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mzawer” but also “mzawwer”, “mzawar” and “mezawer”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mzawer” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “fake, counterfeit”; “forged, falsified (document, signature)”: mzawr in Moroccan.