7ou9ou9 حقوق
Algerian Darja · noun
“7ou9ou9” (حقوق) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning rights.
Meanings
- rights
- law (field of study)
Usage
The word 7qouq is the plural of 7aq (right, due). It is used for a person's rights: 7qouq el-mra (women's rights), 7qouq el-3abd. It also refers to copyright or broadcasting rights, a frequent meaning in discussions about online videos. Finally, it names the university field of law: yaqra f el-7oqouq means "he studies law". In the singular, 7aq has very common and more colloquial uses: 3andek el-7aq (you are right), machi 7aq (it's not fair).
Example
لازم تطالب بحقوقك
lazem tetaleb b 7qoq'k
“You must demand your rights.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ou9ou9” but also “7qouq”, “hqouq”, “7o9o9” and “huquq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “7ou9ou9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “rights (legal, social)”; “royalties, copyright fees”: 7o9o9 in Moroccan.