7acharat حشرات
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7acharat” (حشرات) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning insects.
Meanings
- insects
- bugs, critters
Usage
7acharat is the plural of 7achara, "insect". The word comes from standard Arabic and is used mostly in school, scientific or somewhat formal settings: science classes, documentaries, insecticide products. In everyday conversation, people more readily say bkhouch for the little creatures that crawl or fly. The construction 3amer b 7acharat or 3amer 7acharat means "full of insects". Note that 7acharat has a more neutral, even bookish tone compared with bkhouch, which is the most colloquial term.
Example
الجردة عامرة بالحشرات فالصيف
ljerda 3amra b l7acharat f sif
“The garden is full of insects in summer.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7acharat” but also “hacharat”, “7echarat” and “hasharat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7acharat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “insects”; “bugs, critters”: 7acharet in Tunisian.