sara7a صراحة
Moroccan Darija · adverb
“sara7a” (صراحة) is an adverb in Moroccan Darija meaning frankly, honestly.
Meanings
- frankly, honestly
- frankness, candor
Usage
Sraha is mostly used as an adverb at the start or end of a sentence, meaning "frankly" or "to tell the truth". It introduces a personal opinion or a confession: sraha ma 3jbnish ("frankly, I didn't like it"). The form saraha'tan, from Classical Arabic, is also common in online writing. As a noun, the word means "frankness": b sraha ("in all honesty"). It is very common and informal. It softens or emphasizes a statement without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Example
راه ساهلة، صراحة
rah sa8la, sara7a
“It's quite simple, frankly.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sara7a” but also “saraha”, “sra7a”, “sara7atan”, “srahatan” and “saraa7atan”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “sara7a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “frankly, honestly”; “frankness, sincerity”: sraha in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “frankly, honestly”; “frankness, candor”: sara7a in Tunisian.