sakran سكران
Algerian Darja · adjective
“sakran” (سكران) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning drunk, intoxicated.
Meanings
- drunk, intoxicated
- talking nonsense
Usage
Sakran is said of someone who has drunk alcohol and is feeling its effects. The word is also widely used figuratively, to reproach someone for rambling: rak sakran?, "are you drunk or what?". It is addressed this way to a person who says absurd things or acts without thinking. Feminine sakra, plural sakrin. The related verb is sker, "to get drunk". The register is everyday. Since alcohol is socially frowned upon, calling someone sakran can also be a moral criticism.
Example
راك تهدر كيما واحد سكران
rak tahder kima wahed sakran
“You're talking like someone who's drunk.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sakran” but also “skran”, “sekran”, “sakrane” and “sakren”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sakran” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “drunk, intoxicated”; “drunkard, habitual drinker”: sakran in Tunisian.