cherik شريك

Algerian Darja · noun

“cherik” (شريك) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning partner (in business).

Meanings

1. partner (in business)
2. partner, companion

Usage

Cherik mainly means a partner in a business or project: hna chrika fel-hanout (we are partners in the shop). The feminine is cherika and the plural is chorakaa or chrika. It is also found in the religious formula wahdou la cherika lah (He is one, without partner), recited in Classical Arabic. In everyday life, the word points to a relationship of interest rather than friendship; for a friend one says sahbi. It is little used for a romantic partner, a sense that belongs more to journalistic register.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “cherik” but also “charik”, “chrik”, “sharik” and “chérik”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “cherik” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “business partner”; “partner, life companion”: chrik in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “business partner”; “life partner, spouse”: chrik in Tunisian.