3eryan عريان
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“3eryan” (عريان) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning naked, without clothes.
Meanings
- naked, without clothes
- bare, uncovered
- destitute, without resources
Usage
3eryan means "naked", both literally and figuratively. The feminine is 3eryana, the plural 3eryanin. The word applies to a person without clothes or to a part of the body that is uncovered. It can also describe someone who is destitute. It appears in several proverbs. "Lli lbes 7wayej nnas 3eryan" means "he who wears other people's clothes is naked": you cannot count on what does not belong to you. The corresponding verb is 3erra, "to undress, to uncover".
Example
راه عريان ديما فالحمام
rah 3eryan dima fl7emmam
“He is always naked at the hammam.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3eryan” but also “3ryan”, “3aryan”, “eryan” and “3riyan”. 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 “3eryan” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “naked, unclothed”; “bare, exposed”: 3eryen in Tunisian.