5are9 خارق
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“5are9” (خارق) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning extraordinary, out of the ordinary.
Meanings
- extraordinary, out of the ordinary
- supernatural, miraculous
Usage
5are9 describes what goes beyond the ordinary: an exceptional player, extraordinary strength, a supernatural power. The expression "5are9 lel 3ada" comes from the administrative register and means "extraordinary". It appears in "mo2tamar 5are9 lel 3ada", an extraordinary congress. In casual speech, it is used admiringly to say that something or someone is incredible. In this register, words like "mta3 ras" or "fadda" are also common. The feminine is 5ar9a, which also means, as a noun, a prodigy or an extraordinary phenomenon.
Example
اللاعب هذا خارق، ما يتعبش.
el le3eb hedha 5are9, ma yet3ebch.
“This player is out of the ordinary, he never gets tired.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5are9” but also “khare9”, “5ari9” and “kharek”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “5are9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “supernatural, prodigious”; “exceptional, out of the ordinary”: khari9 in Moroccan.