7mar حمر
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“7mar” (حمر) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning red (plural).
Meanings
- red (plural)
- reddened (eyes)
Usage
7mar is the plural of a7mar (red, masculine) and of 7amra (feminine). It is used with a plural noun: "3inaya 7mar", I have red eyes; "tikiyet 7mar", red labels. An English speaker may use a7mar in the plural by mistake. The same root gives the verb 7ammar, "to redden, to brown" in cooking. It also gives the expression "7ammar 3inou", literally "to redden his eye", which means to act firm or threatening toward someone.
Example
عينيك حمر، ما رقدتش؟
3inik 7mar, ma ra9adtech?
“Your eyes are red, didn't you sleep?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7mar” but also “hmar”, “7omr” and “7mer”. 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 “7mar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “red”; “red-haired”: 7mer in Moroccan.