7orriya حرية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7orriya” (حرية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning freedom.
Meanings
- freedom
Usage
Horriya is the common word for "freedom", in all registers. It is very present in political and social discourse, for example horriyet ettaabir (freedom of expression). It also appears in more everyday uses: 3andou el horriya (he is free to do what he wants). In the construct state, the final t is heard: horriyet. This is why both horriya and horriyet are seen online. Latin spellings vary widely (7orriya, horria, 7oureya), because the initial h is a guttural sound that arabizi often writes with the digit 7.
Example
علاش تونس ال حادثة و بلاد ال حريّة ,
3lesh tunis el 7adethe ou beled el 7orriyet ,
“Why Tunisia, the modern country and the country of freedom,”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7orriya” but also “horria”, “7orriyet”, “7oureya” and “horriya”. 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 “7orriya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “freedom”; “independence, personal autonomy”: 7orriya in Moroccan.