ch8er شهر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ch8er” (شهر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning month.
Meanings
- month
Usage
Ch8er means month. The usual plural is ch8our. Common expressions are had ch8er (this month), ch8er lli daz or lli fat (last month) and ch8er jay (next month). In everyday speech, many Moroccans refer to months by number: ch8er tlata for March, ch8er 3achra for October, which often confuses English speakers. Depending on the region, the pronunciation varies between ch8er and ch8ar. The derived ch8riya refers to a monthly salary or instalment. The register is neutral.
Example
شهر لي داز
ch8er li daz
“Last month.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ch8er” but also “ch8r”, “ch8ar” and “xhar”. 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.
Type “ch8er” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “month”; “monthly pay, monthly installment”: chahr in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “month (about thirty days)”: chahr in Tunisian.