tkhzor تخزر
Algerian Darja · verb
“tkhzor” (تخزر) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to look.
Meanings
- to look
- to stare, glare
Usage
Tkhzor is a conjugated form of the verb khzer, "to look": "you look" or "she looks." It is one of the most common Darja verbs for looking. It takes fi: "khzer fiya," "look at me"; "tkhzor fih," "you look at him." The imperative is khzer or ochzor. Depending on tone, the verb can take on the nuance of "to stare" or "to glare." "Ma tkhzorch fiya hakda" is thus a reproach. For "to see," chaf is used instead.
Example
ما تخزرش فيا هكذا
ma tkhzorch fiya hakda
“Don't look at me like that.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tkhzor” but also “tkhzer”, “t5zer”, “tekhzer” and “tkhzar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “tkhzor” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “you look / she looks”; “to seem, to look like”: tokhzor in Tunisian.