menchar منشار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“menchar” (منشار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning saw (cutting tool).
Meanings
- saw (cutting tool)
Usage
Common word for a saw, hand or power, in the carpenter's workshop as at home. You say lmenchar with the article, and the plural is mnachar. The corresponding verb "to saw" is nechar, in the present kanenchar. For a power saw, people often specify menchar dial trisinti or use a word borrowed from French. The word is understood everywhere in Morocco. Do not confuse it with mencher, a participle meaning "spread out" or "published", which looks similar in Latin letters.
Example
شريت منشار قانقد بيه الطابلة
chrit menchar 5an9ad bih tabla
“I bought a saw, I'm going to fix the table with it.”
Forms
| plural | mncharat |
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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 “menchar” but also “mnchar”, “manchar” and “monchar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.