ch8er 3chra شهر عشرة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ch8er 3chra” (شهر عشرة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning October.
Meanings
- October
Usage
Chher 3chra, literally "month ten", refers to October. It is the most common form in spoken Moroccan Arabic, alongside "oktober" or "octobre" among bilingual speakers. The structure does not change: chher followed by the number, with no article. You say "f chher 3chra" (in October) or "lwel dyal chher 3chra" (early October). Note: "3chr chhor" means "ten months", a duration, so the word order changes the meaning completely. Month numbers combine freely with days to give a date.
Example
الجامعة كتبدا ف شهر عشرة
jami3a katbda f chher 3chra
“University starts in October.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ch8er 3chra” but also “ch8ar 3chra”, “ch8r 3chra” and “ch8er 3echra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent; 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.