chari شاري
Moroccan Darija · noun
“chari” (شاري) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning buyer, customer.
Meanings
- buyer, customer
- having bought (participle)
Usage
Chari is the active participle of the verb chra, "to buy." Used as a noun, it means the buyer, especially the interested person when a car, a home or an item is being sold: 9elleb 3la chi chari, "look for a buyer." As a participle, it means "having bought": ana chari l-khobz, "I bought the bread." The feminine is charya and the plural is charyin. Do not confuse it with chari3, "street," which is written almost the same in arabizi.
Example
سير قلب على شي شاري
sir 9lb 3la chi chari
“Go look for a buyer.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chari” but also “shari”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chari” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “buyer, purchaser”; “having bought”: chari in Tunisian.