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On this page, you will learn some food vocabulary in Moroccan Arabic. Come check out more of Speak Moroccan's Darija materials and join us in the forum.
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Houda Ghazali
On this page, you will learn some food vocabulary in Moroccan Arabic.
The table below contains 30 food items in Moroccan Arabic.
So, you will learn the names of some spices (salt, pepper, and cumin) in Darija.
And you will learn how to say “boiled” and “roasted” in Darija.
On a related note, you might be interested in checking out the names of fruits and vegetables in Moroccan Arabic here.
Food Vocabulary in Moroccan Arabic
| English | Transcribed Moroccan Arabic | Moroccan Darija in Arabic Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Boiled | Meslouq | مسلوق |
| Bread | Khobz | خبز |
| Butter | Zebda | زبدة |
| Cake | 7elwa | حلوة |
| Cheese | Fermaj | فرماج |
| Coffee | Qehwa | قهوة |
| Cumin | Kamoun | كامون |
| Egg | Bida | بيضة |
| Fish | 7out | حوت |
| Flower | Degig | دگيگ |
| Fried | Meqli | مقلي |
| Fruit | Fakia | فاكية |
| Honey | 3sel | عسل |
| Jam | Kofitir | كوفيتير |
| Juice | 3asir | عصير |
| Lentils | 3des | عدس |
| Meat | L7em | لحم |
| Milk | 7lib | حليب |
| Oil | Zit | زيت |
| Pepper | Ibzar | إبزار |
| Rice | Rouz | روز |
| Roasted | Meshwi | مشوي |
| Salad | Shelada | شلاضة |
| Salt | Mel7a | ملحة |
| Soup | 7rira | حريرة |
| Sugar | Sekkar | سكر |
| Tea | Atay | أتاي |
| Vegetables | Khodra | خضرة |
| Vinegar | Khell | خل |
| Water | Ma | ما |
Learn more vocabulary from our other Moroccan Arabic vocabulary lists.
Also, don’t forget to check out our selections of useful Moroccan Arabic phrases.
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