khebra خبرة
Algerian Darja · noun
“khebra” (خبرة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning experience (professional), know-how.
Meanings
- experience (professional), know-how
- expert assessment (technical, judicial)
Usage
The word khebra designates experience gained through practice, especially in a professional setting: 3andou khebra f l'mécanique, "he has experience in mechanics". The word is common and neutral, used in speech as well as in writing. It appears in job ads, often competing with the French "expérience". In administrative language, it can also mean an official expert assessment, for example of a vehicle or one ordered by a court. The plural is khebrat. Be careful not to confuse it with khbar, "news".
Example
عندو خبرة كبيرة في البني.
3andou khebra kbira f lebni.
“He has a great deal of experience in construction.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khebra” but also “khibra”, “khabra”, “5ebra” and “khbra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “khebra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “experience, know-how”: khibra in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “experience, acquired know-how”; “life experience, maturity”: 5ebra in Tunisian.