ch8er stta شهر ستة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ch8er stta” (شهر ستة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning June.
Meanings
- June
Usage
Chher stta, literally "month six", refers to June. As with the other months, numbering is the dominant usage in spoken Moroccan Arabic, alongside borrowed names such as "yonyo" or "juin". The structure is fixed: chher followed by the number, with no article. You say "f chher stta" for "in June", and "f lekher dyal chher stta" for "at the end of June". Note: "stta chhor" means "six months", a duration. This is often the time of the baccalaureate exam, which people frequently refer to with this expression.
Example
الباك ف شهر ستة
lbac f chher stta
“The bac is in June.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ch8er stta” but also “ch8ar stta”, “ch8r stta” and “ch8er setta”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.