lekher اللخر
Algerian Darja · adjective
“lekher” (اللخر) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning last, latest.
Meanings
- last, latest
- the end (fel lekher: at the end)
Usage
Lekher (ellekher), with the article, means "the last" or "the end". Placed after a noun, it designates the most recent or the last of a series: el video lekher, "the latest video". The expression fel lekher, or 3la lekher, means "in the end, finally". It should not be confused with lakhor or lokhra, which mean "the other". In writing, the two forms look very similar and are sometimes mixed up. The word belongs to the familiar, everyday register.
Example
شفت الفيديو اللخر تاعو؟
chafet el video lekher ta3ou?
“Have you seen his latest video?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lekher” but also “lakher”, “ellekher” and “lekhr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lekher” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “last, the one that comes last”; “the end (in f llekher)”: llekher in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to the max, totally”; “in short, bottom line”: lekher in Tunisian.