drari الدراري
Moroccan Darija · noun
“drari” (الدراري) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning children, kids.
Meanings
- children, kids
- boys, young men
- guys, mates
Usage
Drari is the usual word for children in general, with no distinction of sex when the group is mixed. It is also used for boys, as opposed to bnat (girls), and, among young people, to address a group of friends: "a drari!", equivalent to "guys!". The singular is derri (a boy, a kid) and the feminine is derriya. With a possessive, one says drari dyali (my children), but also wlidati or wladi. The register is colloquial and neutral, used across all social classes. Note: depending on context, drari can refer to teenagers or young adults, not only small children.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “drari” but also “ddrari”, “drare”, “ldrari” and “derari”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “drari” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written دراري, where it means “kids, children”; “guys, young people”: drari in Algerian.