chakhsiya شخصية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“chakhsiya” (شخصية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning personality, character.
Meanings
- personality, character
- character (film, novel)
- public figure
Usage
The noun chakhsiya means someone's personality or character. The expression 3ndo chakhsiya, "he has personality", is a compliment: it suggests confidence and a strong character. Conversely, ma3ndoch chakhsiya means he is easily influenced. The word also means a character in a film or series, and a public figure: chakhsiya ma3rofa. It takes feminine agreement with its adjectives: chakhsiya qwiya, "a strong personality". Beware of confusion with the feminine of the adjective chakhsi: machakil chakhsiya means "personal problems".
Example
عندو شخصية جدابة
3ndo chekhSiyya jddaba
“He has an attractive personality.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chakhsiya” but also “chkhsiya”, “chakhssia”, “chekhsiya” and “cha5siya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “chakhsiya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “personality, character”; “character (film, series)”: chakhsiya in Algerian.