chri7a شريحة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“chri7a” (شريحة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning dried figs.

Meanings

1. dried figs
2. slice, thin piece
3. SIM card

Usage

In Morocco, chri7a primarily means dried figs, sold by weight in markets and grocery shops. The word is used as a collective: had chri7a (these dried figs). A single fig is chri7a wa7da or 7ebba dyal chri7a. The sense "slice", close to Standard Arabic, also exists, for example for meat or cheese. In operators' advertising, chri7a also means the SIM card, but in speech people more often say la puce. Context tells these senses apart.

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chri7a” but also “chriha”, “cheri7a” and “shri7a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.

Type “chri7a” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “slice (of meat, cheese, etc.)”; “thin slice, sliver”: chriha in Tunisian.