khariji خارجي
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“khariji” (خارجي) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning external, outer.
Meanings
- external, outer
- foreign, relating to foreign countries
Usage
Khariji is an adjective of rather formal usage, from Standard Arabic. It appears in the media, at school, in administration and when talking about politics: siyasa kharijiya (foreign policy), wizarat l-kharijiya (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The feminine is kharijiya. In everyday conversation, berra (outside) or dyal berra is often preferred to say "external". Pitfall: the Arabic spelling خارجي can also write the feminine imperative of kherrej ("go out, take out"). Context tells the two apart.
Example
الباب الخارجي ديال الدار مسدود.
lbab lkhariji dyal ddar msdoud.
“The external door of the house is locked.”
Forms
| feminine | kharijia |
|---|---|
| plural | kharijiyin |
| feminine plural | kharijiat |
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 “khariji” but also “5ariji”, “kharji” and “khaariji”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “khariji” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “external, from outside”; “foreign (from another country)”: khareji in Tunisian.