charya شارية

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“charya” (شارية) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning having bought (fem.).

Meanings

1. having bought (fem.)
2. buyer, customer (fem.)

Usage

Charya is the feminine form of the participle chari, from the verb chra, "to buy." It indicates that a woman has bought something or habitually buys: hiya charya tomobil jdida, "she has bought a new car." With dima, it expresses a repeated action: dima charya lik, "she always buys you things." This participle often has a completed or resulting-state value, which English renders with the present perfect. More rarely, it is used as a noun: "female buyer."

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “charya” but also “chariya” and “sharya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “charya” on the Arabic keyboard