dar دار
Algerian Darja · verb
“dar” (دار) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to do, to make.
Meanings
- to do, to make
- to put, to place
- (noun) house, home
Usage
Dar is the base form, third person masculine past ("he did"). It is the all-purpose verb of Algerian Arabic, like "do" or "make" in English: dar el khedma (he did the work), dar l'opération (he had an operation), dar commentaire (he commented). It also means "to put": dar el melh (he put in salt). Present: ydir. Imperative: dir. The same word dar is also a common noun meaning "house" or "home": f'dar (at home), dar jeddi (my grandfather's house). Context tells the verb and the noun apart.
Example
شكون دار هذا؟
chkoun dar hada ?
“Who did this?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dar” but also “dare” and “daar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “house, home”; “to do, to put”: dar in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “house, home”; “family, in-laws”: dar in Tunisian.