darar ضرر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“darar” (ضرر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning damage, harm.
Meanings
- damage, harm
- wrong done to someone
Usage
Darar means damage or harm, material or moral. The word comes from Standard Arabic and belongs to a somewhat formal register: it is heard mostly in administrative, legal or media contexts, or in phrases like ma fiha ḥetta darar, "there's no harm in it". In everyday conversation, verbs such as ḍerr, "to harm", or khesser, "to damage", are often preferred. The usual construction is darar l- someone or darar 3la something. The word is understood everywhere, but it sounds more formal than the equivalent verbs.
Example
هاد الدوا ما فيه حتى ضرر
had dwa ma fih hetta darar
“This medicine does no harm.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “darar” but also “drar” and “dharar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.