bezzhar بالزهر
Algerian Darja · adverb
“bezzhar” (بالزهر) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning by chance, by accident.
Meanings
- by chance, by accident
- by luck, by a stroke of luck
Usage
Bezzhar is formed from b- ("by") and zhar, which means "luck" in darja. It describes what happens unplanned: running into someone, finding an object or discovering a video bezzhar. It can also stress that a success is due to luck rather than merit: nja7 bezzhar, "he succeeded by luck", often with a mocking nuance. The register is informal and very common. The word zhar alone is also used: 3ando zhar, "he is lucky". Not to be confused with zhar, "flowers".
Example
لقيتو بالزهر فالسوق
lqitou bezzhar fe souq
“I came across him by chance at the market.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bezzhar” but also “b-ezzhar”, “bzhar” and “bzhr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bezzhar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “by luck, thanks to luck”; “by chance”: bezzher in Moroccan.