7a99a9 حقق
Tunisian Derja · verb
“7a99a9” (حقق) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to achieve, to fulfill (a goal).
Meanings
- to achieve, to fulfill (a goal)
- to investigate, to question
- to stare at, to scrutinize
Usage
7a99a9 has several uses. With a direct object, it means to achieve or obtain: 7a99a9 7lemou (he fulfilled his dream), 7a99a9 arba7 (he made a profit). With m3a or fi, it means to investigate: 7a99a9 m3ah (he questioned him), 7a99a9 fel 9adhiya. In colloquial language, 7a99a9 fih also means to look at someone insistently, to stare at them, sometimes suspiciously. The meaning is therefore deduced mainly from the preposition. The noun tah9i9 (investigation) is frequent in the media.
Example
حقّق حلمو وولّى طبيب.
7a99a9 7elmou w walla tbib.
“He achieved his dream and became a doctor.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7a99a9” but also “7akkak”, “hakkak”, “7a9a9” and “haqqaq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “7a99a9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to achieve, accomplish”; “to investigate, interrogate”: 7e99e9 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to fulfill, to grant (a wish, a dream)”; “to look closely, to scrutinize”: 7a99a9 in Algerian.