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Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic إِذَا بِ (ʔiḏā bi).[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
دابا • (dāba)
- now; right now; at present
- Synonyms: دورك (dūrk), فالحين (f-el-ḥīn)
- آنا دابا ماشي للمدرسة. ― ʔāna dāba māši l-el-madrasa ― Right now, I am going to school.
References
- ^ Watson, Janet C. E. (2011) “Arabic Dialects (general article)”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 864