ch8er 7dach شهر حضاش
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ch8er 7dach” (شهر حضاش) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning November, eleventh month of the year.
Meanings
- November, eleventh month of the year
Usage
Chhar 7Dach is another spelling of chhar 7dach, "the eleventh month", that is, "November". Writing it with ض in Arabic, or with a capital D in arabizi, marks the emphatic pronunciation of the d in the number eleven. The most frequent spelling remains حداش. It is the same word with the same use: one says fi chhar 7dach for "in November". The word "nounbir", adapted from French, is also understood. For a learner, the main thing is to remember the system: chhar followed by the number of the month.
Example
رجعات من السفر ف شهر حضاش.
rej3at men safar f chhar 7Dach.
“She came back from her trip in November.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ch8er 7dach” but also “ch8ar 7dach” and “ch8r 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.