3ers عرس
Algerian Darja · noun
“3ers” (عرس) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning wedding, marriage celebration.
Meanings
- wedding, marriage celebration
- wedding party
Usage
3ers refers to the wedding as a celebration: the wedding party, with its meals, music and guests. The contract or the union itself is rather called zwaj. One says dar 3ers (he held his wedding), rana mrahin l 3ers (we are invited to a wedding), 3ers khouya (my brother's wedding). The plural is 3rass. The related verb is 3ress, "to get married, to hold a wedding". The expression 3ers eddib, "the jackal's wedding", refers to the sun shining while it rains.
Example
السبت الجاي عندنا عرس بنت عمي
sebt ejjay 3andna 3ers bent 3ammi
“Next Saturday we have my cousin's wedding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3ers” but also “3ors”, “aers”, “3rs” and “3arss”. 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 “3ers” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wedding, nuptials”; “wedding party”: 3ers in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “wedding, wedding celebration”; “to get married (verb 3arres)”: 3ers in Tunisian.