bikhir بخير
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“bikhir” (بخير) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning well, in good health.
Meanings
- well, in good health
- at peace, without problems
Usage
Bikhir is used to say that one is well or to ask how someone is: ana bikhir, "I'm well"; wach nta bikhir?, "are you well?". It is the usual answer to labas? or kidayr?, often followed by l'hamdoulillah. The word is invariable, whatever the gender and number: homa bikhir, kolchi bikhir. It is also used for a situation that is going well, as in 3aych bikhir, "to live decently". Out of politeness, one usually asks whether the family is well too.
Example
واش نتا بخير؟
wash nta bi5ir ?
“Are you well?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bikhir” but also “bi5ir”, “bkhir” and “b5ir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “bikhir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “well, in good health”; “at peace, doing fine”: bkhir in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “healthy, well”; “safe and sound”: bkhir in Tunisian.