drari دراري

Algerian Darja · noun

“drari” (دراري) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning kids, children.

Meanings

1. kids, children
2. guys, young people
3. the children

Usage

A very common plural noun for children: one's own children, those of a family, or kids in general. The singular is derri, "boy, kid". It is also used for a group of young people or friends, a bit like "the guys": drari el houma, "the neighbourhood youths". It sometimes carries a condescending nuance ("kids", meaning immature people). The register is informal but not vulgar.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “drari” but also “drary”, “darari”, “derari”, “drarii” and “darare”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find دراري and الدراري and الذراري, all the same word.

Type “drari” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

The same word also exists in Moroccan Darija, written الدراري, where it means “children, kids”; “boys, young men”: drari in Moroccan.