darija
French, noun\da.ʁi.ʒa\
darija is spelled D-A-R-I-J-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Darija is a French feminine noun meaning “Darija (Moroccan variety of spoken Arabic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des dialectes maghrébins comportant un vocabulaire d'origine arabe, berbère, espagnole, portugaise…”.
What does darija mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineDarija (Moroccan variety of spoken Arabic)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des dialectes maghrébins comportant un vocabulaire d'origine arabe, berbère, espagnole, portugaise, française, turque, etc. servant surtout à la communication orale et qui ne sont pas standardisés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of darija
- darijas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce darija?
- \da.ʁi.ʒa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is darija in French?
darija appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).