5raj خرج
Tunisian Derja · verb
“5raj” (خرج) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to go out, leave a place.
Meanings
- to go out, leave a place
- to turn out to be
- to come out publicly, declare
Usage
Khraj (imperfect yokhrej) first means "to go out": khraj mel dar, "he left the house." It is also used for "to turn out to be": khraj s7i7, "it turned out to be true." It can also mean appearing in public to make a statement. With a preposition or an object, it takes fixed meanings: khraj mel mella (to renounce one's religion). The intensive form kharrej means "to take out, to bring something out": kharrejha mel forn, "take it out of the oven." Note the difference: with khraj the subject goes out itself, whereas with kharrej you take out an object or a person.
Example
خرجت من الدار بكري اليوم
5rajt mel dar bekri lyoum
“I left the house early today.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5raj” but also “5rej”, “khraj”, “khrej” and “5arej”. 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.
Type “5raj” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “go out, exit”; “turn out”: khrej in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to go out, step outside”; “to leave, quit a place”: khrej in Algerian.