lakhira لاخرة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“lakhira” (لاخرة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning the afterlife, the life to come.
Meanings
- the afterlife, the life to come
Usage
Lakhira refers to life after death, in a religious context. It is very often heard paired with "ddniya": "f ddniya w lakhira" ("in this world and the next"). This phrase is common in blessings and invocations: "lah ykhlefha 3lik f ddniya w lakhira". The register is everyday and shared across all social backgrounds. Pitfall: the short form lakhra can also mean "the last" or "the other" in the feminine, depending on context. Only the meaning of the sentence settles it.
Example
الله يجعلها فميزان حسناتك فالدنيا والآخرة.
lah yj3elha f mizan 7assanatek f ddniya w lakhira.
“May God count it among your good deeds, in this world and the next.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lakhira” but also “lakhra” and “l2akhira”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 2 is hamza (ء), a glottal stop.