bchara بشارة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bchara” (بشارة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning good news.
Meanings
- good news
- reward for bringing good news
Usage
Bchara means happy news: a birth, a success, a wedding, a recovery. It is used mostly with the article, lbchara, and in phrases like "3andi lik bchara" (I have good news for you). The word also refers to the small gift or money given to the person who announces the news. You then say you give them their bchara. The register is everyday and warm, often family-related. Do not confuse it with bachar (human being), which comes from the same root but has a different meaning. The related verb, bechcher, means "to announce good news".
Example
جيت نعطيك البشارة، نجحت فالباك
jit n3tik lbchara, nje7t f lbac
“I came to give you the good news: I passed my bac.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bchara” but also “bechara”, “bshara” and “bcharra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.