3assir عصير
Moroccan Darija · noun
“3assir” (عصير) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning fruit juice.
Meanings
- fruit juice
- pressed drink
Usage
3assir means fruit juice. The word is very common, in cafés and at home. You specify the fruit by simple juxtaposition: 3assir limoun (orange juice, since limoun means orange), 3assir banane, 3assir avocat. You also often hear the French word "jus". To make one, you use the verbs 3ser (to press) or sayeb (to prepare). Juice shops, the "mahlabas", offer all kinds.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3assir” but also “3asir”, “3sir” and “assir”. 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 “3assir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “fruit juice”; “fresh-squeezed juice”: 3sir in Tunisian.