Moroccan Darija School and Education — 167 Words
This page lists 167 school and education 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 |
|---|---|---|
| قاري | educated, literate | |
| تْعلّم | to learn | |
| أُمّي | illiterate | |
| أُمّية | illiteracy | |
| شْحال مُعدّل الأُمّية فْ المغْرِب؟ | What is the illiteracy rate in Morocco? | |
| مدْرسة (مدارِس) | school | |
| طالب | student | |
| إيتودْيون | student | |
| روْض | preschool | |
| حضانة | kindergarten | |
| مدْرسة بْتِدائِيَة | elementary school, primary school | |
| مْني كنْت فْ البْتِدائي ... | when I was in elementary school, ... | |
| أُوّل بْتِدائي | first grade (year) | |
| وُلْدْها فْ اللُّوّل بْتِدائي. | Her son is in first grade. | |
| مدْرسة إعْدادية | middle school | |
| كوْليْج | middle school | |
| ليسّي | high school, secondary school | |
| أكادِمية | academy | |
| أكادِمية لُغات | language academy | |
| كنْقْرى العرْبية فْواحد أكادِمية اللُّغات فْ المغْرِب. | I’m studying Arabic at a language academy in Morocco. | |
| فْ الخامس بتِدائي | in fifth grade | |
| فْ السّادس بتِدائي | in sixth grade | |
| فْ الثّامْنة | in one’s second year of middle school | |
| فْ الباك | in one’s third year of high school | |
| حِصّة | class, period | |
| عنْدي سْتةْ الحِصص فْ النّْهار. | I have six classes a day. | |
| تْقيّد | to enroll | |
| تْسجّل | to enroll | |
| التّقْياد | enrollment | |
| التّسْجال | enrollment | |
| مْعوّل نتْقيِّد فْكور دْالعرْبية الشّْهر الجاي. | I intend to enroll in an Arabic class next month. | |
| سنة دِراسية | school year | |
| سُماسْتر | semester | |
| مصاريف القْراية | tuition | |
| بورْس | scholarship | |
| قرْض دْيال الطّلبة | student loan | |
| جامِعة | university | |
| لافاك | university | |
| الحِصّة كتْبْدا مْع الثْمنْية و كتْسالي مْع التّْسْعود. | Class starts at 8 o'clock and finishes at 9 o'clock. | |
| مُحاضرة | lecture | |
| حْضر لْمُحاضرة | to attend a lecture | |
| قْرا | to study | |
| قْرايَة | studies | |
| پْروْڭْرام | curriculum | |
| سُؤال (أسْئِلة) | question | |
| سُوُّل سُؤال فْ القِسْم | to ask a question in class | |
| جواب (أجْوِبة) | answer | |
| جاوَب عْلى | to answer | |
| هزّ صبْعو | to raise one’s hand | |
| غلْطة | mistake | |
| صْحيْح | right, correct | |
| خطأ | wrong, incorrect | |
| جاب ثْلاثةْ الأسْئِلة خطأ. | He got three questions wrong. | |
| قِسم (أقْسام) | classroom | |
| أومْفي | lecture hall | |
| طاوِلة | desk | |
| كِتاب مدْرسي (كُتُب مدْرسية) | textbook | |
| دفْتار (دْفاتر) | notebook | |
| خْدا دا نوْت | to take notes | |
| نْقل | to copy | |
| نْقُل هاذ الجُمل فْدفْتارك. | Copy these sentences into your notebook. | |
| شُكّارة | backpack | |
| صبّورة | blackboard | |
| طباشيْر | chalk | |
| صبّورة بَيْضا | whiteboard | |
| خريْطة | map | |
| مكْتبة | library | |
| صال الجِمْناسْتيك | gymnasium | |
| السّاحة | playground, school yard | |
| كافيتيْرْيا | cafeteria | |
| لابوراتْوار | laboratory | |
| لابو | laboratory | |
| مسْرح (مسارِح) | auditorium, theater | |
| طْرونْسْپوْر دْ المدْرسة | school bus | |
| عُطْلة الصّيْف | summer vacation | |
| عُطْلة الشّْتا | winter vacation | |
| پوْز | break, recess | |
| سْتِراحة | break, recess | |
| عنْدْنا پوْز رْبُع ساعة مابيْن الحِصص. | We have a fifteen-minute break between classes. | |
| پوْز ديْجوني | lunch break | |
| مْتِحان | test, exam | |
| دوّز مْتِحان | to take a test | |
| مْتِحانات نُصّ العام | mid-term (exam) | |
| مْتِحانات آخِر العام | final exam | |
| كوْنْكور | entrance exam | |
| مْتِحان شفَوي | an oral exam | |
| مْتِحان كِتابي | a written exam | |
| نْجح فْ المْتِحان | to pass a test | |
| سْقط فْ المْتِحان | to fail a test | |
| نتائِج المْتِحان | exam results | |
| مُعدّل | grade | |
| جاب مُعدّل مزْيان | to get a good grade | |
| مُعدّل النّجاح | a passing grade | |
| مُعدّل السُّقوط | a failing grade | |
| بولْتان | report card | |
| راجع | to study, review | |
| خاصّو يْراجع المْتِحان. | He needs to study for the test. | |
| التّمارين | homework | |
| دار التّمارين | to do homework | |
| راجع | to check, revise, review | |
| مَوْضوع | essay, paper, composition | |
| التّلاميذ خاصْهُم يِكتْبوا موْضوع عْلى حدث تاريخي. | The students have to write an essay about a historical event. | |
| أُسْتاذ (أساتِذة) | teacher; professor | |
| صْباح الخير، أُسْتاذ! | Good morning, teacher! | |
| مُحاضِر | lecturer | |
| مُدير | principal | |
| قرّا | to teach | |
| قرّا كور | to teach a course | |
| كتْقرّي فْ الجامِعة. | She teaches at the university. | |
| أحْمد كيْقرّيني العرْبية. | Ahmad is teaching me Arabic. | |
| قرّا درْس | to teach a lesson | |
| صحّح مْتِحان | to correct a test | |
| كُلّية | university | |
| تقْبل فْ الجامِعة | to get into college, start university | |
| مْشا الجامِعة | to go to college | |
| ديپارْتومون | department, faculty | |
| تقْبلْت فْجامِعة الطِّبّ، و لكِن من بعْد بدّلْت لْ القانون. | I got into the faculty of medicine, but later I changed to law. | |
| تخصُّص | major | |
| تخصُّص فرْعي | minor | |
| اتْخصّص ف | to major in | |
| فاش متْخصّص؟ | What are you majoring in? | |
| متْخصّص فْ الأدب الإنْجْليزي. | I'm majoring in English literature. | |
| كومْپوس | university campus | |
| الحي الجاميعي | dormitories | |
| نْتا ساكن فْ الحي الجاميعي؟ | Do you live on campus? | |
| تْخرّج من | to graduate from | |
| إمْتى تْخرّجْتي من الجامِعة؟ | When did you graduate from university? | |
| تْخرّجْت فْألْفيْن و خمْسة. | I graduated from university in 2005. | |
| پْرومْيِير أني | freshman (1st year university student) | |
| دوزْيام أني | sophomore (2nd year) | |
| طْخْوازْيام أني | junior (3rd year) | |
| كاتْخْيام أني | senior (4th year) | |
| ڭاع لي پْرومْيِير أني خاصْهم يْحضْرو حِصّة التّعارُف. | All the freshmen have to attend an orientation ceremony. | |
| ديپْلوْم | degree; diploma | |
| شهادة | certificate | |
| خْدا شهادة بلّي كمّل الكور. | He got a certificate for completing the course. | |
| خْدا اللّيسّونْس | to get a bachelor’s degree | |
| طالِب | college student, undergraduate student | |
| پْخومْيِي سيكْل | undergraduate studies | |
| دار ماسْتر | to do a master’s degree | |
| دار دوْكْتورة | to do a doctorate | |
| مامْوار | thesis, dissertation | |
| مادّة (مواد) | subject | |
| شْنو كانت أحْسن مادّة عنْدك؟ | What was your favorite subject in school? | |
| كنْت كنْبْغي نقْرا التّاريخ، ولكِن مكنْتْش كانْحْمل الصّْيونْص. | I really enjoyed studying history, but I hated science class. | |
| مزْيان فْ | to be good at | |
| هُوَّ مزْيان فْ الماط. | He’s really good at math. | |
| بْيوْلوْجي | biology | |
| الشّيمي | chemistry | |
| طِبّ الأسْنان | dentistry | |
| لاكوْنوْمي | economics | |
| جُغْرافْيا | geography | |
| جْيوْلوْجْيا | geology | |
| هنْدسة | geometry | |
| تاريخ | history | |
| حُقوق | law | |
| عِلْم اللُّغات | linguistics | |
| أدب | literature | |
| ماط | mathematics | |
| طِّب | medicine | |
| فلْسفة | philosophy | |
| ترْبية بدنية | physical education (P.E.) | |
| فيزيك | physics | |
| فيزْياء | physics | |
| عُلوم سِياسية | political science | |
| عِلْم النّفْس | psychology | |
| صْيونْص | science |
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