7ogra حقرة

Tunisian Derja · noun

“7ogra” (حقرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning contempt, disdain.

Meanings

1. contempt, disdain
2. humiliation, injustice suffered

Usage

7ogra refers to being looked down on, belittled or treated unjustly, often by someone more powerful than oneself. The word carries strong emotional weight. It is heard in complaints against the administration or the powerful, and also between close people when someone feels disrespected. Frequent constructions: ma n7ebbech el-7ogra (I can't stand being treated with contempt), 7ass bel-7ogra (to feel humiliated). It comes from the same root as the verb 7gar (to despise). The English "contempt" is a bit weak: the word also evokes a feeling of injustice.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ogra” but also “7o9ra”, “hogra”, “7agra”, “hagra” and “7o8ra”. 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; 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “7ogra” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “injustice, abuse of power”; “contempt, humiliation inflicted”: hogra in Algerian.