msawer مصور

Algerian Darja · noun

“msawer” (مصور) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning photographer.

Meanings

1. photographer
2. cameraman, videographer
3. filmed, photographed (participle)

Usage

The noun msawer refers to the photographer, and also to the person who films, notably at weddings: you "bring a msawer" for the 3ers. The same word serves as a participle: "filmed, photographed". Lfidyo msawer fel djazayer means "the video was shot in Algeria". With a pronoun, it means "having filmed": rani msawer, "I have filmed". The plural is msawrin. The corresponding verb is sawer, "to photograph, to film". In everyday speech, the French "photographe" or "caméraman" are also heard.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “msawer” but also “msawar”, “mosawir”, “msawwer” and “mousawir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “msawer” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “photographer”; “cameraman, videographer”: msawer in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “photographer”; “cameraman, videographer”: msawer in Tunisian.

How to say “photographer” in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian