cho3our شعور
Moroccan Darija · noun
“cho3our” (شعور) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning feeling, emotion.
Meanings
- feeling, emotion
- sensation, impression
Usage
Cho3our means "feeling" or "sensation". The word is understood by everyone, but it has a slightly formal tone. It is often heard in songs, the media, or when talking seriously about one's emotions. In everyday conversation, people readily use the verb 7ess ("to feel") or the noun e7sas. The typical phrase is cho3our zwin ("a nice feeling"), and the expression bla cho3our means "without realizing it, mechanically". The plural ch3ourat or macha3ir refers to feelings, especially romantic ones.
Example
هادا شعور زوين بزاف
hada cho3our zwin bzaf
“This is a really beautiful feeling.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “cho3our” but also “cho3or”, “chou3our”, “sho3our” and “cho3ur”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “cho3our” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “feeling, inner sensation”; “emotion, sensitivity”: chou3our in Algerian.