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How to say "Health" in Moroccan Arabic
In Darija, "health" is ss7a (الصحة), pronounced /s-SHA/.
17 words
5 phrases
الله يعطيك الصحة
Lla y3tik ss7a
/lla y-3TIK s-SHA/
God give you health
Que Dieu te donne la santé
Said to thank anyone who did work — the waiter, the cook, the taxi driver.
الله يعطيك الصحّة
Llah y3tik ss7a
/LLAH y-3TIK s-S7A/
God give you health (thanks for work)
Que Dieu te donne la santé
Literally: God give you health
Said to anyone doing physical work — shopkeepers, waiters, workers. Very appreciated.
بالصحّة!
Bss7a!
/b-S7A/
To your health! (after eating/buying)
Santé !
Said after someone eats, drinks, buys new clothes, gets a haircut, or takes a shower.
Common response
Llah y3tik ss7a
God give you health
بخير و سلامة
B khir w slama
/b KHIR w SLA-ma/
In good health
En bonne santé
عندي أسورونس مالادي
3ndi assurance maladie
/3n-DI a-su-RONS ma-la-DI/
I have health insurance
Assurance maladie
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About this word in Darija
In Darija, "health" is ss7a (الصحة), pronounced /s-SHA/.
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 “health” 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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