fa9r فقر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“fa9r” (فقر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning poverty, destitution.
Meanings
- poverty, destitution
- deficiency (in "fa9r dem")
Usage
Fa9r, or "lfa9r" with the article, means poverty. The word belongs to a somewhat more formal register than everyday speech. It is heard in discussions about society, on television and on social media. In everyday language, people more readily describe the situation with "mazal", "ma3ndouch" or "l7ala dial lflous". The medical expression "fa9r dem", literally "poverty of the blood", means "anaemia" and is in common use. The word is related to the adjective "fa9ir", "poor".
Example
الفقر صعيب بزاف
lfa9r s3ib bzaf
“Poverty is very hard.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fa9r” but also “fe9r” and “faqr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “fa9r” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “poverty, destitution”; “lack, poor quality (figurative)”: fa9r in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “poverty, destitution”; “want, deprivation”: fa9r in Tunisian.