kharj خارج
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“kharj” (خارج) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning going out, on the way out.
Meanings
- going out, on the way out
- out (hanging out)
- outside, away from
Usage
Kharej is the active participle of khrej, "to go out". It indicates that one is in the process of going out or is out: ana kharej db ("I'm heading out now"), kharej m3a s7abi ("I'm out with my friends"). The feminine is kharja and the plural kharjin. The expression dakhel kharej m3ah means "always hanging around with him". To say "outside" as an adverb, darija prefers berra. Lkharij means abroad, in the sense of other countries: khdam f lkharij ("he works abroad"). Remember that kharej first describes an action in progress, not a place.
Example
را خارج دب
ra kharej db
“He's heading out now.”
Forms
| feminine | khaarja |
|---|---|
| plural | khaarjin |
| feminine plural | khaarjat |
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 “kharj” but also “kharej”, “5arj”, “5arej”, “khaarij” and “khaarj”. 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 “kharj” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “outside of, beyond”; “abroad (with the article)”: kharej in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “going out, gone out”; “abroad (fel khārej)”: 5arej in Tunisian.