charaka شراكة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“charaka” (شراكة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning partnership between organizations.
Meanings
- partnership between organizations
- business association, joint venture
Usage
The word charaka belongs mainly to the formal or administrative register: it is heard in connection with associations, companies, municipalities or agreements between institutions. The most common construction is dar charaka m3a ("to form a partnership with"), or charaka bin juj dyal… ("partnership between two…"). In everyday conversation, to say that you have teamed up with someone in a business, people often prefer the verb tcharek m3a or the noun chrik ("partner"). Pitfall: do not confuse it with charika, which means the company, the business itself.
Example
علاش مابغيتيش تنسق بين هاد الزوج جمعيوات باش يديرو شراكة
3lach mabghitich t nsse9 bin had zouj jam3iuyat bach ydiro charaka
“Why don't you want to coordinate between these two associations so that they form a partnership?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “charaka” but also “sharaka”, “charaaka” and “chraka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.