mashhour مشهور
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mashhour” (مشهور) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning famous, well known.
Meanings
- famous, well known
- popular, renowned
Usage
Mashhour (feminine mashhoura, plural mashhourin) describes a well-known person, such as a singer, a YouTuber or a footballer. It also applies to a renowned place, dish or product: "el karantika mashhoura f Wahran". With the verb "wella" (to become), "wella mashhour" is often said, sometimes ironically, of someone who thinks they have become a star on social media. The word comes from standard Arabic but is perfectly common in speech. In arabizi, the "ch" sound is written sh or ch.
Example
ولّى مشهور في اليوتيوب
wella mashhour f YouTube
“He became famous on YouTube.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mashhour” but also “mashhor”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mashhour” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “famous, well-known”; “renowned (place, dish, product)”: mch8our in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “famous, well-known”; “renowned for something”: mashhour in Tunisian.