mch8our مشهور
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mch8our” (مشهور) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning famous, well-known.
Meanings
- famous, well-known
- renowned (place, dish, product)
- a celebrity
Usage
Mchhour is very common and agrees in gender and number: mchhoura in the feminine, mchhourin in the plural. It applies to people, such as a singer or a player, but also to places, dishes or brands: mdina mchhoura b ..., "a city renowned for…". It is constructed with b to indicate what makes the fame: mchhour b lharira dyalu, "renowned for its harira". Used as a noun, chi wahed mchhour means "a celebrity". It is placed after the noun it qualifies.
Example
هاد المغني مشهور
8ad lmoghenni mech8our
“This singer is famous.”
Forms
| feminine | mch8oura |
|---|---|
| plural | mch8ourin |
| feminine plural | mch8ourat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mch8our” but also “mech8our”, “mach8our” and “mch8or”. 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.
Type “mch8our” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “famous, well known”; “popular, renowned”: mashhour in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “famous, well-known”; “renowned for something”: mashhour in Tunisian.