3ammer عمر
Algerian Darja · verb
“3ammer” (عمر) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to fill (a container, a space).
Meanings
- to fill (a container, a space)
- to fill in (a form, a paper)
- to load (a weapon)
Usage
The verb 3ammer, imperfect y3ammer, is the usual equivalent of "to fill": "3ammer el-kas" ("fill the glass"), "3ammer el-bidoun" ("fill the jerrycan"). It is also used for a form or a file, and for a house full of people: "dar m3ammra". It is more usual than Standard Arabic mala'a. Pitfall: the same spelling without the shadda, 3mer or 3omr, is a noun meaning "age" or "life". This is the word heard in "fi 3mer 3echrin" ("at the age of twenty") or "ytawwel fi 3omrou". It can also be the first name Omar.
Example
عمّر الكاس بالما
3ammer el-kas bel-ma
“Fill the glass with water.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3ammer” but also “3amer”, “3emmer”, “3ammar” and “3amar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3ammer” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to fill”; “to prepare tea”: 3emmer in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “age”; “life, lifespan”: 3mor in Tunisian.