tar طار

Algerian Darja · verb

“tar” (طار) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to fly, fly away.

Meanings

1. to fly, fly away
2. to dash off, vanish

Usage

Tar means "to fly, fly away," said of a bird, a plane or an object carried off by the wind: "tar el-hmam", "the pigeons flew away." The present tense is "ytir". Figuratively, it expresses a sudden departure or a quick disappearance: "tar!", "he's gone in a flash." Beware of the homonymous noun tar, meaning a frame drum with jingles used in traditional music and at celebrations. The person who plays it is called "tarrar". Context tells the verb and the noun apart.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tar” but also “6ar” and “taar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).

Type “tar” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to fly, fly away”; “to be blown away, vanish”: tar in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to fly, fly off”; “to vanish, be gone (sleep, etc.)”: tar in Tunisian.