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How to say "Chicken" in Moroccan Arabic
In Darija, "chicken" is djaj (دجاج), pronounced /d-JAJ/.
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3 phrases
واحد طاجين بدجاج، عافاك
Wahd tajin b djaj, 3afak
/WAH-d ta-JIN b DJAJ 3a-FAK/
One chicken tagine, please
Un tajine au poulet, svp
واحد بسطيلة بدجاج، عافاك
Wahd pastilla b djaj, 3afak
/WAH-d pas-TI-la b DJAJ 3a-FAK/
Chicken pastilla please
Pastilla poulet svp
واش هاد الدجاج بلدي؟
Wash had ddjaj bldi?
/wash had d-DJAJ BL-di/
Free-range chicken?
Poulet fermier?
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About this word in Darija
In Darija, "chicken" is djaj (دجاج), pronounced /d-JAJ/.
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 “chicken” 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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