Moroccan Darija for “comb”
/mshet/
مشط
Mshet sh3rek, 3afak.
Comb your hair, please.
Say mshet (مشط) for “comb” in Moroccan Darija. The pronunciation guide is /mshet/. It is a verb. In a natural conversation, you can say “Mshet sh3rek, 3afak.”, meaning “Comb your hair, please.” The French equivalent is peigner.
Khasni nmshet l9r3a dyali.
خاصني نمشط القرعة ديالي.
I need to comb my bald head. · Je dois peigner ma tête chauve.
Mshet lfarash qbel ma n3ess.
مشط الفراش قبل ما نعس.
Comb the bed before sleeping. · Peigne le lit avant de dormir.
3la9t mshet l9tna bzzaf.
علاقت مشط القطنة بزاف.
The comb tangled the cotton too much. · Le peigne a trop emmêlé le coton.
The word 'mshet' is commonly used in everyday Moroccan conversations to describe the action of combing hair or other fibers. It is used in a neutral register and can be part of expressions related to grooming and tidiness. There are no significant regional variants of this term in Morocco.
| English | comb |
|---|---|
| French | peigner |
| Spanish | peinar |
| Italian | pettinare |
| German | kämmen |
| Portuguese | pentear |
| Dutch | kammen |
| Turkish | taraklamak |
mshet (مشط) is a Moroccan Darija word or expression meaning "comb" in English and "peigner" in French. It is a beginner-level word in the actions category.
A natural example is “Mshet sh3rek, 3afak.” It means “Comb your hair, please.”
Mshet is pronounced /mshet/. You can listen to the audio pronunciation by clicking the "Listen" button above.
In Arabic script it is written مشط.
The word 'mshet' is commonly used in everyday Moroccan conversations to describe the action of combing hair or other fibers. It is used in a neutral register and can be part of expressions related to grooming and tidiness. There are no significant regional variants of this term in Morocco.