jar جار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jar” (جار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning neighbor.
Meanings
- neighbor
Usage
Jar means neighbor. The feminine is jara and the plural is jiran. It is used in all registers and carries strong social value: it is commonly said that a neighbor counts as family, and people speak of "the rights of the neighbor". Possession is formed with or without dyal: jarna or jar dyalna, "our neighbor". Beware of the homograph: written jar or jarr, it can also be the imperative of jerr, "to pull, to drag", as in "pull the table toward you". Context tells the two apart.
Example
الجار ديالنا راجل مزيان
ljar dyalna rajel mzyan
“Our neighbor is a good man.”
Forms
| feminine | jara |
|---|---|
| plural | jiran |
| feminine plural | jarat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jar” but also “jaar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “neighbor”: jar in Tunisian.