Moroccan Darija Life and Death — 84 Words
This page lists 84 life and death in Moroccan Darija, one of the most widely spoken varieties of Arabic. Each entry includes the Arabic script, an English translation, and a phonetic transliteration to help you pronounce each word correctly. Whether you are a beginner or building on existing knowledge, this word list is a practical starting point for learning Arabic.
| Arabic | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| عيشة | life | |
| عاش | to live | |
| أنا ساكن في المغْرب. | I live in Morocco. | |
| أنا عايَش في المغْرب. | I live in Morocco. | |
| عايَش | alive | |
| وْلِد | to give birth to | |
| تولِد | to be born | |
| تْزاد | to be born | |
| وْلادة | birth | |
| بيْبي | baby, infant | |
| تْربْيَة | baby, infant | |
| رْضع | to be breastfed, suckle | |
| رضّع | to breastfeed | |
| درّي صْغيْر | toddler | |
| وُلْد صْغيْر | toddler | |
| كوش | diaper | |
| ليكوش | diaper | |
| ضْريِّف | well-behaved | |
| خطيْر | naughty, mischievous | |
| قْبيح | naughty, mischievous | |
| صْغيْر في عقْلو | childish, immature | |
| بْعقْلو | mature(-acting) | |
| درّي (دْراري) | boy, child | |
| وُلْد (وْلاد) | boy, child | |
| درّية | girl | |
| بْنية | girl | |
| مُراهِق | adolescent, teenager | |
| كْبِر | to grow up | |
| بْنادم | person | |
| راجل (رْجال) | man | |
| مْرا (مْراوات، عْيالات) | woman | |
| ناس كْبار | adults, grown-ups | |
| شباب | young people, youth | |
| صْغيْر (صْغار) | young | |
| شابّ (شّباب) | young man | |
| شابّة | young woman | |
| في الخمْسينات | in one’s fifties, middle-aged | |
| كْبير (كْبار) في العْمُر | old | |
| راجل كْبير | old man | |
| مْرا كْبيرة | old woman | |
| كْبِر | to age, grow old | |
| كولْشي كَيْكْبر. | Everyone gets old. | |
| صّْغُر | childhood | |
| في صُغْرو | in one’s childhood | |
| مُراهقة | adolescence | |
| شّباب | youth | |
| في شْبابو | in one’s youth | |
| الكْبُر | old age | |
| عيد ميلاد | birthday | |
| عيد ميلاد سعيد! | Happy Birthday! | |
| عيد ميلاد سعيد! عُقْبال مْيةْ عام ان شاء الله! | Happy birthday and may you have many more! | |
| اِمْتى عيد ميلادك؟ | When is your birthday? | |
| عيد ميلادي فْماي. | My birthday is in May. | |
| العْمُر | age, life span | |
| طول عُمْرو | all one’s life | |
| عام | year | |
| شْحال فْعُمْرك؟ | How old are you? | |
| عنْدي عِشْرين عام. | I’m 20 years old. | |
| دار__عام | to turn __ years old | |
| سِّمانة الجّايّة غيْدير عشْرة سْنين. | He’s turning ten years old next week. | |
| دِرْت ثْلاثين عام الشّْهر لّي فات. | I turned thirty last month. | |
| وُلْد فْعُمْرو عَشْرة سْنين | a ten-year-old boy/child | |
| مْرا فْعْمُرْها خَمْسين عام | a fifty-year-old woman | |
| اِمْتى تْزاديتي؟ | When were you born? | |
| إينَ عام تْزاديتي؟ | What year were you born? | |
| تْزاديت فْألْف وْ تسْعمْية وْ تْمانين. | I was born in 1980. | |
| موت | death, passing | |
| مات | to die | |
| مِيِّت (موتى، أمْوات) | dead | |
| تْوَفّى | to pass away | |
| مِتْوَفّي | deceased | |
| جُثّة (جُثث) | corpse, body | |
| جْنازة | funeral | |
| دْفِن | to bury | |
| تدْفِن | to be buried | |
| دْفينة | burial | |
| تابوت | coffin | |
| مقْبرة (مْقابر) | cemetery | |
| قْبر | grave | |
| شاهد | gravestone, headstone | |
| حْزِن | to mourn | |
| حُزْن | mourning | |
| حِداد | period of mourning | |
| حْرق الجُثّة | to cremate |
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