mahroug محروق
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mahroug” (محروق) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning burnt, charred.
Meanings
- burnt, charred
- grieving, heartbroken
- exposed, found out
Usage
Mahroug is the passive participle of "to burn". In the literal sense, it describes burnt food, bread or oil: zit mahroug, used oil. In the figurative sense, it is used for pain or longing: rani mahroug 3la..., I am suffering for... or I am pining for... The feminine is mahrouga. In informal speech, it also means "burned": a person whose schemes are known to everyone, or a plan that has been blown. Depending on context, it can therefore express sincere sorrow or mockery. The pronunciation with g (mahroug) is the most widespread.
Example
الخبز راه محروق، نسيتو في الفور
lkhobz rah mahroug, nsitou f el four
“The bread is burnt, I forgot it in the oven.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mahroug” but also “ma7roug”, “mahrouk”, “ma7rouk” and “mahrog”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “mahroug” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “burnt, charred”; “exposed, "burned"”: ma7rou9 in Tunisian.