3ers عرس
Tunisian Derja · noun
“3ers” (عرس) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning wedding, wedding celebration.
Meanings
- wedding, wedding celebration
- to get married (verb 3arres)
Usage
3ors means the wedding celebration, with its different evenings (henna, outia…), rather than the civil act. People say "3andna 3ors" (we have a wedding), "mechi l 3ors" (I'm going to a wedding), "3ors flen" (so-and-so's wedding). The corresponding verb is 3arres (to get married, for a man or a woman): "3arres 3ام lfet" (he got married last year), with "b" to indicate the spouse: "3arres biha". The groom is called 3rous or 3ris, the bride 3rousa. The plural is a3res or 3rassat.
Example
عندنا عرس نهار السبت
3andna 3ors nhar es-sebt
“We have a wedding on Saturday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3ers” but also “3ors”, “3erss”, “3orss”, “ers” and “3arress”. 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 “3ers” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wedding, nuptials”; “wedding party”: 3ers in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “wedding, marriage celebration”; “wedding party”: 3ers in Algerian.