machrou3 مشروع
Algerian Darja · noun
“machrou3” (مشروع) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning project, business venture.
Meanings
- project, business venture
- promising person (figurative)
Usage
Machrou3 (plural macharii3) is the everyday word for "project". It is used mostly for a small business or an activity to be launched: ndir machrou3, "I'm going to start a business". It also refers to a public development project, such as a road or housing. In discussions about youth employment, it often evokes schemes that support business creation. Figuratively, a promising person can be called machrou3, in the sense of "future talent". The word comes from Standard Arabic but is fully integrated into darja. In the same contexts, the French word "projet" is also heard.
Example
عندو مشروع يحل حانوت في الحومة
3andou machrou3 yhal hanout fel houma
“He plans to open a shop in the neighbourhood.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “machrou3” but also “mashrou3”, “mechrou3” and “machro3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “machrou3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “project”; “business, small venture”: mchrou3 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “project”; “business venture, small business”: machrou3 in Tunisian.