mobachir مباشر
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mobachir” (مباشر) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning direct, without intermediary.
Meanings
- direct, without intermediary
- live (broadcast)
- frank, straightforward
Usage
Mobachir comes from Standard Arabic but is very common in spoken language. It means "direct": "ghayr mobachir" means "indirect", and "b-chkal mobachir" translates as "in a direct way". In football and on television, "f l-mobachir" means "live". Said of a person, it means "frank, someone who gets straight to the point": "howa mobachir". The feminine is mobachira. The adverb mobacharatan ("directly") is heard in a more formal register. In conversation, people more often say "nichan" for "straight ahead, directly".
Example
هادشي دمر اقتصاد الألماني، وساهم بشكل غير مباشر ف الحرب العالمية التانية
hadchi dmmar i9tiSad l almany, o sa8m bchkal ghayr mobachir f l7arb l3alamiya taniya
“This ruined the German economy and contributed indirectly to the Second World War.”
Forms
| feminine | mobachira |
|---|---|
| plural | mobachirin |
| feminine plural | mobachirat |
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 “mobachir” but also “moubachir”, “mobaachir”, “mubashir” and “mobacher”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.