chokran شكرا
Moroccan Darija · interjection
“chokran” (شكرا) is an interjection in Moroccan Darija meaning thank you.
Meanings
- thank you
Usage
Chokran is the most common way to say thanks. It is strengthened with bezzaf, "thank you very much," and often accompanied by a polite form of address: a sidi for a man, a lalla for a woman. Merci, borrowed from French, is also very widespread, especially in cities. One can also thank with expressions like lah ykhellik or barak llahou fik. To reply, one says bla jmil, "you're welcome," or la chokr 3la wajib, "no thanks needed for a duty."
Example
شكرا أ سيدي
chokran a sidi
“Thank you, sir.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chokran” but also “choukran”, “shukran” and “shokran”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chokran” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “thank you”: choukran in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “thank you”: chokran in Tunisian.