raja3 راجع

Algerian Darja · verb

“raja3” (راجع) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to revise (lessons).

Meanings

1. to revise (lessons)
2. to recheck, to review
3. to reconsider, to go back on

Usage

Raja3 is used mainly at school, in the sense of "to revise": nraja3 drous, "I'm revising my lessons". It is also said to invite someone to check what they are claiming: raja3 ma3loumatek, "check your information again". This turn of phrase can be a reproach. The same word written without vowels can be the participle raje3, meaning "coming back, returned" (rani raje3, "I'm coming back"). Context decides. It should also not be confused with rajja3, which means "to give back, to bring back". The register is neutral.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “raja3” but also “raje3”, “raji3” and “rajaa”. 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 “raja3” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “returning, on the way back”; “review, reconsider (imperative)”: raje3 in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “returning, coming back”; “revise! (imperative of raja3)”: raje3 in Tunisian.