jarima جريمة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jarima” (جريمة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning crime, offense.
Meanings
- crime, offense
- outrage (exaggeration)
Usage
Jarima refers to a crime or offense in the legal sense. The usual verb is rtakeb (to commit): "rtakeb jarima". The plural is jarayem. The word is also used, by exaggeration, to denounce something considered scandalous or absurd: "hadi jarima!" can be aimed at an exorbitant price or a ruined dish. The word comes from standard Arabic, but it is fully common in darija, in speech as well as in the media. A criminal is called mujrim. For a minor offense, mukhalafa is used instead.
Example
هادي راه جريمة
hadi rah jarima
“This is a crime.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jarima” but also “jrima”, “jarimaa” and “jareema”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jarima” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “crime, serious act punished by law”; “offence, misdemeanour”: jrima in Tunisian.