bezzher بالزهر
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“bezzher” (بالزهر) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning by luck, thanks to luck.
Meanings
- by luck, thanks to luck
- by chance
Usage
Bezzher comes from zher, "luck". The word indicates that a result is due to luck and not to merit: nje7 bezzher, "he succeeded by luck". It is often used to downplay someone's success, sometimes in a mocking tone. It can also be applied to oneself out of modesty. To say that a person is lucky, one rather uses 3ndo z-zher or mzhar, "lucky". The register is everyday and informal.
Example
لقيت بلاصة باش نوقف الطوموبيل غير بالزهر.
lqit blassa bach nwqqef t-tomobil ghir bezzher.
“I found a spot to park the car purely by luck.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bezzher” but also “bzher”, “bzzher”, “belzher” and “bezher”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bezzher” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “by chance, by accident”; “by luck, by a stroke of luck”: bezzhar in Algerian.