mouchtarak مشترك
Algerian Darja · noun
“mouchtarak” (مشترك) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning subscriber (channel, service).
Meanings
- subscriber (channel, service)
- common, shared
- participant, registered member
Usage
Online, mouchtarak mainly means a subscriber to a YouTube channel or a page. It is very often read in wishes like "tousal l malyoun mouchtarak" (may you reach a million subscribers). The word is also used for a subscriber to the Internet, a phone line or a service. As an adjective, it means "common, shared" ("bit mouchtarak", a shared room). This sense is more formal and close to Standard Arabic. The feminine is mouchtaraka and the plural is mouchtarakin. In speech, you also hear French "abonné" in the same contexts.
Example
ديرو مشترك فالشاين باش توصلكم الفيديوهات
diro mouchtarak f chaine bach twaslkom les vidéos
“Subscribe to the channel so you get the videos.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mouchtarak” but also “mochtarak”, “mushtarak” and “mechtarek”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mouchtarak” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “common, shared”; “joint, done together”: mochtarak in Moroccan.