lekhher لخر
Algerian Darja · adjective
“lekhher” (لخر) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning last.
Meanings
- last
- the end
Usage
Lekhher means "the last". It is often used as a noun, meaning "the end". The most common expression is m3a lekhher, "in the end, finally". One also says men lekhher, literally "from the end", meaning "in short, to get straight to the point", widely used to cut things short. It goes after the noun: nhar lekhher, "the last day". Do not confuse it with lakhor, "the other", which looks similar in arabizi.
Example
مع لخر فهمت واش حب يقول
m3a lekhher fhemt wach hab yqoul
“In the end, I understood what he wanted to say.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lekhher” but also “lakhar”, “lekhar”, “lkher” and “le5er”. 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 “lekhher” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “last (in order or ranking)”; “final, ultimate”: lkher in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “the end, last”; “the other”: lekher in Tunisian.