lokhrin لخرين
Algerian Darja · adjective
“lokhrin” (لخرين) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning the other (adjective).
Meanings
- the other (adjective)
- the others (pronoun)
Usage
Lokhrin is the plural of lakhor / lokhra, "the other". The article is built into the word. It is used as an adjective after a definite noun: lhalgat lokhrin, "the other episodes"; lbouldan lokhrin, "the other countries". It also works alone as a pronoun: ma tsma3ch l lokhrin, "don't listen to the others". The register is common, both spoken and written. Pitfall: do not add an extra article, since one does not say "el lokhrin". For "others" without an article, khrin or okhrin is used instead.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lokhrin” but also “lo5rin”, “lakhrin”, “l5rin” and “lokhrine”. 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 “lokhrin” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “other (plural, after the noun)”; “the others (people)”: lkhrin in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “the others (plural)”: lokhrin in Tunisian.