b7ri بحري

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“b7ri” (بحري) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning of the sea, marine.

Meanings

1. of the sea, marine
2. naval, maritime

Usage

B7ri describes what comes from the sea or relates to it: fish, climate, transport. It agrees in gender: b7ri for the masculine, b7riya for the feminine (l-jiha l-b7riya, "the sea side"). In institutional senses (navy, port, maritime trade), you mostly hear phrasings close to Standard Arabic, for example l-qowwat l-b7riya, "the naval forces". The word is related to b7er, "the sea". Don't confuse it with b7ri used as a noun: to refer to a sailor or fisherman, people rather say b77ar.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “b7ri” but also “be7ri”, “bahri”, “behri” and “b7riya”. 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 “b7ri” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “of the sea, maritime”; “northern (direction)”: ba7ri in Tunisian.