jer7a جرحة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“jer7a” (جرحة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning wound, injury.
Meanings
- wound, injury
- cut
- emotional wound (figurative)
Usage
Jer7a refers to a physical wound, from a small cut to a deeper injury. You say "3ndi jer7a f yeddi" (I have a wound on my hand). The masculine form jr7 is also heard, especially in the general sense of injury or in the plural jrou7. The corresponding verb is jre7 (to wound); tjre7 means "to get hurt". Figuratively, the word can refer to deep pain left by betrayal or bereavement. To treat a wound, you use dawa (to treat) or ddawi. Note: the word does not refer to a light scratch, which is more often called khebcha.
Example
حيت تحرك بلا ماتشوف مع جرحة فركبة مكتبانش بلي فكرة مزيانة.
7it t7rek bla matchof m3a jar7a frakba makatbanch bli fikra mazyana.
“Because moving without seeing, with a wound on the knee, doesn't seem like a good idea to me.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jer7a” but also “jr7a”, “jar7a”, “jr7” and “jer7”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.