mesran مصران
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mesran” (مصران) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning intestine, gut.
Meanings
- intestine, gut
Usage
Meṣran means an intestine or gut, in humans as well as animals. The usual plural is mṣaren. It is heard in informal medical contexts and in the kitchen, notably for the offal of the Eid sheep. The word is neutral. Depending on the speaker, you also find the feminine form meṣrana for a single length of gut. Do not confuse it with kerš, "belly", or with kerša, which refers to the animal's paunch.
Example
عندو مشكل فالمصران
3ndo mochkil f lmeSran
“He has a problem with his intestine.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mesran” but also “masran”, “msran” and “msrane”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mesran” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “intestine, gut”; “guts, tripe (in cooking)”: masrane in Algerian.