kol ch8er كولّا شهر
Moroccan Darija · expression
“kol ch8er” (كولّا شهر) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning every month, monthly.
Meanings
- every month, monthly
- monthly, on a monthly basis
Usage
Kolla chhar is the combination of koll "every" and chhar "month". It is used for something that recurs at regular intervals: a rent, a salary, a bill, a visit. It usually goes at the end of the sentence, as an adverb of time. English says "monthly" as an adjective, whereas darija has no common equivalent: people will rather say "l-krā li kankhlles kolla chhar" (the rent that I pay every month). On the same pattern, there are kolla nhar (every day) and kolla 3am (every year).
Example
كنخلّص الكرا كولّا شهر.
kankhelles lkra kolla chhar.
“I pay the rent every month.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kol ch8er” but also “kolla ch8er”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.