7arek حرك

Tunisian Derja · verb

“7arek” (حرك) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to stir, to mix (in cooking).

Meanings

1. to stir, to mix (in cooking)
2. to move, to shake
3. to hurry up (with rouhek)

Usage

7arrek is a very common verb meaning to set in motion. In cooking, it refers to stirring a sauce or a preparation, often with a ladle (mgharfa). In everyday life, it means to move or shift something: 7arrek el korsi, "move the chair". The expression 7arrek rou7ek, literally "move yourself", is used to rush someone, like "hurry up" or "get moving". The reflexive form t7arrek means "to move, to start moving". Don't confuse it with 7arg, "to burn", from which 7arka, clandestine emigration, derives.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7arek” but also “7arrek”, “harek”, “7arak” and “harrek”. 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.

Type “7arek” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to stir, mix”; “to move, shift”: 7errek in Moroccan.