dharouri ضروري
Algerian Darja · adjective
“dharouri” (ضروري) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning necessary, indispensable.
Meanings
- necessary, indispensable
- absolutely, without fail
Usage
Dharouri describes what is necessary: "had el wraq dharouri" (this paper is essential). It is very often used as an adverb, meaning "absolutely" or "without fail": "lazem tji dharouri", "3ayetli dharouri". It is also found in "mechi dharouri" (no need, not mandatory). It therefore marks insistence or urgency, and is frequent in request messages. Its common synonym is "lazem". The register is neutral.
Example
لازم تجي غدوة ضروري
lazem tji ghodwa dharouri
“You absolutely have to come tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dharouri” but also “darouri”, “dhrouri”, “daroury” and “dharori”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dharouri” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “necessary, indispensable”; “mandatory”: darori in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “necessary, essential”; “mandatory”: dharouri in Tunisian.