lkharij لخاريج
Moroccan Darija · noun
“lkharij” (لخاريج) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning abroad (foreign countries).
Meanings
- abroad (foreign countries)
- the outside
Usage
Lkharij means abroad in the sense of "outside Morocco". It is almost always used with a preposition: "f lkharij" (abroad), "mn lkharij" (from abroad), "mcha l lkharij" (he went abroad). It is very frequent when talking about emigration and the diaspora: "wlad lkharij" colloquially refers to Moroccans living abroad. In the same sense, one also says "brra". Lkharij is not an adjective: to say "foreigner" (a person), use "berrani".
Example
خويا خدّام فالخاريج
khouya khddam f lkharij
“My brother works abroad.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lkharij” but also “l5arij”, “lkharije”, “l5arej” and “lkharej”. 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.