7araka حركة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“7araka” (حركة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning movement, gesture.
Meanings
- movement, gesture
- action, initiative
- move, trick
Usage
The word 7araka first means a physical movement: one says "ma tdir 7ta 7araka" for "don't move at all". It is also used for an action or a course of action, and colloquially for a "move" or a trick: "dar wa7d l7araka zwina", he pulled off a nice move. In journalistic or political language, it means movement in the sense of an organization or mobilization, as in Standard Arabic. The usual plural is 7arakat. To talk about the traffic or liveliness of a place, l7araka is often preferred: "kayna l7araka f zen9a", the street is lively.
Example
ما تدير حتى حركة، بقا فبلاصتك
ma tdir 7ta 7araka, b9a f blastek
“Don't make any movement, stay where you are.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7araka” but also “haraka” and “7arka”. 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 “7araka” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “movement, gesture”; “action, move, trick”: harka in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “movement (political, social)”; “movement, gesture”: 7arka in Tunisian.