7sri حصري
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“7sri” (حصري) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning exclusive, reserved for one.
Meanings
- exclusive, reserved for one
- unreleased, shown exclusively
Usage
7Sri is a word from Standard Arabic, heard mostly in the media, in advertising and on social networks: a "7Sria" video, interview or offer. In everyday conversation it is less frequent and sounds somewhat formal or commercial. It agrees in gender: 7Sri for the masculine, 7Sria for the feminine. It is also heard in the adverbial phrase b chkel 7Sri, "exclusively". An English speaker will recognize the advertising use of "exclusive" here. In speech, many speakers also simply say exclusif, in French.
Example
هاد الفيديو حصري، ما كاينش فشي بلاصة أخرى
had l-video 7Sri, ma kaynch f chi blaSa okhra
“This video is exclusive, you won't find it anywhere else.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7sri” but also “7esri”, “hasri”, “7asri” and “7assri”. 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.