ch8ar 7dach شهر حداش
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ch8ar 7dach” (شهر حداش) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning November, eleventh month of the year.
Meanings
- November, eleventh month of the year
Usage
Chhar 7dach literally means "the month eleven". It is the usual way to say "November" in Morocco, following the system that numbers the months of the Gregorian calendar after chhar. It is used to place a date, for example fi chhar 7dach, "in November". "Nounbir", adapted from French, is also heard. 7dach is the darija form of "eleven". It is pronounced with an emphatic d, hence the competing spelling 7Dach. November is also the month of the Green March holiday, often mentioned in this context.
Example
غادي نسافر ف شهر حداش.
ghadi nsafer f chhar 7dach.
“I'm going to travel in November.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ch8ar 7dach” but also “ch8er 7dach”. 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; 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.