akhor أخر
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“akhor” (أخر) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning other (masculine).
Meanings
- other (masculine)
- last (form akhir)
- additional, further
Usage
Akhor (feminine akhra, plural akhrin) means "other". It is placed after the noun, often preceded by chi or wa7ed: chi nhar akhor (another day), wa7ed akhor (someone else). Do not confuse it with akhir or lakher, which means "last": hadi akhir merra (this is the last time). In writing, the two words often share the same spelling, hence the confusion. The shortened form khor is also heard in some dialects.
Example
أجي فوقت آخر
aji fwe9t akhor
“Come at another time.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “akhor” but also “akhur”, “akhr”, “a5or”, “akher” and “akhir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find أخر and اخور, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “akhor” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “other”; “last”: e5er in Tunisian.