lour لور
Algerian Darja · adverb
“lour” (لور) is an adverb in Algerian Darja meaning back, backwards, behind.
Meanings
- back, backwards, behind
- behind, lagging
Usage
Lour indicates backward direction or position. One says rja3 lour (step back, go back) and choufe lour (look behind). The word is also used figuratively for setback or delay: bqina lour (we stayed behind). It is the opposite of l'qoddam (in front, forward). With a noun, one often says mel lour (from behind) or lour + noun, as in lour ed-dar (behind the house). It is a very common word, with no particular register, used throughout Algeria.
Example
رجع شوية للور باش نفوتو
rja3 chwiya l lour bach nfoutou
“Step back a little so we can get past.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lour” but also “lor”, “llour” and “lur”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “lour” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “back, backwards”; “behind, from behind (mn lor)”: lor in Moroccan.