ba9i باقي
Algerian Darja · adverb
“ba9i” (باقي) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning still, yet.
Meanings
- still, yet
- the rest, what remains
Usage
Baqi means "still, yet" and marks that a situation continues. It is used like its more frequent synonym "mazal": "baqi ma jach" (he still hasn't come), "baqi hna" (he's still here). A pronoun can be added: baqi, baqya, baqyin. As a noun or adjective, "el-baqi" means the rest: "el-baqi 3lik" (the rest is for you). The pitfall is to translate it as the verb "to remain" when it is used as an adverb. It also appears in the expression "baqi ma…" (not yet).
Example
باقي ما جاش خويا
ba9i ma jach khouya
“My brother still hasn't come.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ba9i” but also “baqi”, “baki” and “bagi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “ba9i” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “remaining; the rest (el be9i)”; “still, yet (with negation)”: be9i in Tunisian.