MOROCCO TOUR
TOUR HANDBOOK
Moroccan Phrases
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If you speak few words of Moroccan, you can carry on a long conversation especially when we visit families and when you want to change the subject from bargaining to conversation in the souks. The woman are generally interested in family conversation. |
| Are you married? - | How are you? - |
| Beautiful - | How much? - |
| Bread - | Please - |
| Do you have children - | Thank you - Shukraan |
| Do you have sheep - | water - |
| How old is she/he - | What is your name? - |
| Hello - Merhaba | Where is the main street? - |
The list contains some of the most often pronounced Arabic,
Berber, French
and Spanish
words you may come across in Morocco. When our guide speak English, he
some times insert these words in his sentences.
| agadir- fortified communal granary | brochette -kebab |
| aid - feast |
burnous- traditional full length cape with a
hood worn by men through out Morocco |
| ain-water source | calle - street |
| ait-family (of), precedes tribal and town names | caravansarai - traditional country yard inn |
| akbar-great | couscous- semolina, staple food of north Africa |
| Al~Andalus -Muslim Spain and Portugal |
douar - word generally used for villages in
High Atlas Mountains |
| Allah -God | douche - Public showers (Hamam) |
| Ashaab-herbal remedies | hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca |
| bab-gate | haji - one who has made the pilgrimage |
| babouches-traditional leather slippers |
hamam - Turkish~ style bath house with sauna and scrub |
| bain - Moorish bath |
harem - living area of house palace primarily domain by women |
| bakshees -tip (YOU WILL HEAR THIS ALOT) | harira - soup with lentils and other vegetables |
| Baraka -devine blessing or favor | hijab - veil and women's head scarf |
| Bedouin -Nomadic Arab Desert Tribe | imam - Islamic prayer leader |
| Berbers -Indigenous inhabitants of North Africa | jamal- camel |
| borj -fort(literally,tower) | jami - mosque |