far7 فرح
Algerian Darja · noun
“far7” (فرح) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning joy, happiness.
Meanings
- joy, happiness
- celebration, festivity
Usage
Farh means joy and is often contrasted with 9arh or hzen (sorrow), as in fi l'farh w fi l'9arh (in joy as in sorrow). It appears in blessings: Allah y3tik l'farh (may God give you joy). By extension, it can refer to a happy occasion or a family celebration. Note: the same spelling can also be read as the verb frah (he rejoiced), which is very common (frah bik, he was happy for you). Context makes it possible to tell the noun from the verb.
Example
الله يعمّر داركم بالفرح
Allah y3ammar darkom bel farh
“May God fill your house with joy.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “far7” but also “farh”, “fer7”, “ferh” and “fara7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “far7” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to rejoice, be happy”; “to make someone happy”: fre7 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to rejoice, be happy”; “joy”: fra7 in Tunisian.