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How to say "Brother" in Moroccan Arabic

In Darija, "brother" is akh (أخ), pronounced /AKH/.

17 words

أخakh
brother (formal)
صهرshr
brother-in-law
مرات خوياmrat khuya
brother wife
راجل الختيrajl l khti
brother in law sis hus
دراري ديال خوياdrari dyal khuya
brother kids
خوياkhoya
my brother
گنادزgnadz
Gnawa brotherhood
عيساوة3issawa
Aissawa brotherhood
حمادشةhmadsha
Hamadsha brotherhood
ولد لخوياwld lkhuya
nephew (brother's son)
بنت لخوياbnt lkhuya
niece (brother's dau)
العرس ديال خوياl3rs dyal khuya
my brother's wedding
خويا الكبيرkhuya lkbir
older brother
خويا الصغيرkhuya ssghir
younger brother
خوياkhuya
my brother
سكوترscooter
scooter
روتورrouteur
router

2 phrases

دراري ديال خويا كبار دابا

Drari d khuya kbar daba

/dra-RI d khu-YA k-BAR DA-ba/

Brother's kids are grown now

Enfants de mon frère sont grands

عندي خويا واحد و ختي وحدة

3ndi khuya wahd w khti wahda

/3n-DI khu-YA WAH-d w kh-TI WAH-da/

One brother and one sister

Un frère et une sœur

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About this word in Darija

In Darija, "brother" is akh (أخ), pronounced /AKH/.

Darija (الدارجة) is Moroccan Arabic — the everyday spoken language of 40 million Moroccans. Unlike Modern Standard Arabic, it's rarely written down and draws heavily on French, Spanish, and Amazigh vocabulary. Learning how to say “brother” the way Moroccans actually say it — with the right pronunciation, register, and cultural context — is the difference between sounding like a textbook and sounding like you belong.

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