llekher اللخر
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“llekher” (اللخر) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning last, the one that comes last.
Meanings
- last, the one that comes last
- the end (in f llekher)
- the most recent, the other
Usage
Llekher means "the last" and is used alone as a noun ("the last one") or after a definite noun ("the last train"). The very common expression f llekher means "in the end" or "finally." It is often used to reassure, along the lines of "everything will work out in the end." The word can also refer to what is most recent. Watch out for the similar form lakhor, which means "the other," not "the last." In arabizi writing, the two forms are often confused.
Example
كاتمنّا مانكونش اللخر
katmenna mankonch llekher
“I hope I won't be the last.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “llekher” but also “lkher”, “llkher”, “lekher” and “llkhar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “llekher” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “last, latest”; “the end (fel lekher: at the end)”: lekher in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to the max, totally”; “in short, bottom line”: lekher in Tunisian.