7ajm حجم
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7ajm” (حجم) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning size, dimension.
Meanings
- size, dimension
- volume
Usage
7ajm refers to the size or volume of something, as in 7ajm kbir ("large size") or chno l7ajm dyalha ? ("what size is it?"). The word is used mainly in a somewhat formal or technical register: commerce, media, precise descriptions. In everyday conversation, qed, "measure, size", is often preferred. It should not be confused with the verb 7jem, "to do cupping", nor with 7jama, traditional bloodletting. The word hjam in the recorded sentence belongs to a different root.
Example
هاد الصندوق حجمو كبير بزاف
had sndo9 7ajmo kbir bzzaf
“This box is very big in size.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ajm” but also “7ejm”, “hajm” and “7jm”. 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 “7ajm” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “size, dimension”; “volume, amount”: hajm in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “size, format”; “volume”: 7ajm in Tunisian.