choja3 شجاع
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“choja3” (شجاع) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning courageous, brave.
Meanings
- courageous, brave
Usage
Choja3 describes a person who is not afraid and who faces danger or difficulties. The feminine is choja3a and the plural is choj3an. The register is neutral, slightly refined. In colloquial speech, a courageous person is often called rajel, "a man", even a woman, or is said to have lqelb, "heart". The adverb bzaf goes after the adjective: choja3 bzaf, "very courageous".
Example
هو شجاع بزاف
hwa choja3 bzaf
“He is very brave.”
Forms
| feminine | choja3a |
|---|---|
| plural | chj3an |
| feminine plural | choja3at |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “choja3” but also “chouja3”, “choujaa3”, “chojaa3” and “shuja3”. 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.