khir خير
Moroccan Darija · noun
“khir” (خير) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning good, favor, kindness.
Meanings
- good, favor, kindness
- plenty, prosperity, provisions
- better (than)
Usage
Khir is a very common word. It means good, what is good, or a favor done: dir fiya khir ("do me a favor"). It appears in many phrases: tsbe7 3la khir ("good night"), bikhir ("I'm fine"), lkhir w lbaraka ("plenty"). Lkhir can also mean provisions, the harvest or beneficial rain. Followed by men, it means "better than": hadi khir men hadik. Finally, khir? ("what is it?") is used to ask what is going on when you sense a problem.
Example
دير فيا خير
dir fiyya khir
“Do me a favor.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khir” but also “khayr”, “5ir”, “khair”, “5ayr” and “5air”. 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 “khir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “good, what is good”; “better”: khir in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “better, preferable”; “good, well-being, blessing”: 5ir in Tunisian.