3achra عشرة
Tunisian Derja · numeral
“3achra” (عشرة) is a numeral in Tunisian Derja meaning ten.
Meanings
- ten
Usage
3achra is the number "ten". It is used on its own for counting or before a plural noun: 3achra ayyem, "ten days"; 3achra d9aye9, "ten minutes". For money, 3achra dinar is also heard. It appears in the compounds for the tens: 3ochrin means "twenty". Pitfall: the same Arabic spelling can also stand for el 3ochra, "companionship, the bonds built up over time". For example, el 3ochra ma thounech, "we don't forget the bonds built up over time". Context tells the two words apart.
Example
باقي عشرة أيام
ba9i 3achra ayyem
“Ten days left.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3achra” but also “3ashra”, “achra” and “3echra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3achra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “ten”; “companionship, long-standing bond”: 3chra in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “ten”; “companionship, long acquaintance”: 3achra in Algerian.