tmer تمر
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tmer” (تمر) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning dates (collective).
Meanings
- dates (collective)
- a date (tmra)
Usage
Tmer is a collective noun: it refers to dates in general and takes singular agreement. For a single date, one says tmra, and for a precise count, juj tmrat, "two dates". Dates are very present in daily life: the Ramadan fast is broken with tmer and milk, and they are offered to guests. The word refers to the fruit, not the calendar date, which is tarikh. An English speaker might mix the two up because English uses "date" for both.
Example
سير شري تمر
sir chri tmer
“Go buy some dates.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tmer” but also “tmar”, “tmr” and “tmmer”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tmer” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “dates (collective)”; “a date (tmra)”: tmer in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “dates”; “date”: tmar in Tunisian.