nfijar إنفجار
Moroccan Darija · noun
“nfijar” (إنفجار) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning explosion.
Meanings
- explosion
- outburst, sudden surge
Usage
Nfijar comes from Standard Arabic and is commonly used in darija to talk about an explosion. You hear it, for example, for a gas cylinder, an accident, or a story on the TV news. It is combined with verbs like "w9e3" (to happen) or "sm3" (to hear): "w9e3 nfijar f lmo3mal" (an explosion happened in the factory). To say "to explode", use the verb "tfr9e3" or "tfjer". Figuratively, nfijar means a sudden surge, for example in prices, mostly in the media.
Example
سمعنا واحد الانفجار قوي البارح فالليل
sm3na wa7d nfijar 9wi lbare7 f lil
“Last night, we heard a loud explosion.”
Forms
| plural | nfijarat |
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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 “nfijar” but also “infijar”, “nfijjar” and “enfijar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.