sahafi صحفي
Algerian Darja · noun
“sahafi” (صحفي) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning journalist.
Meanings
- journalist
- show host or presenter
Usage
Sahafi comes from Standard Arabic but is well established in everyday speech, especially when talking about the media, television or online channels. The feminine is sahafiya and the plural is sahafiyin. The French word journaliste, pronounced the Algerian way, is also widely used, especially in cities. In everyday language, the word broadly covers anyone who presents or hosts a show, even if they are not a journalist in the strict sense. It is often found in praising comments such as sahafi mohtaref, "a professional journalist".
Example
بنتو قرات باش تولي صحفية.
bentou qrat bach twelli sahafiya.
“His daughter studied to become a journalist.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sahafi” but also “sa7afi”, “s7afi”, “sahafie” and “sa7afie”. 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 “sahafi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “journalist”: sa7afi in Moroccan.