7rara حرارة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7rara” (حرارة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning heat, high temperature.
Meanings
- heat, high temperature
- temperature (weather, body)
- fever
Usage
7rara designates heat, particularly that of summer or the weather: "el 7rara tal3a" means "it's getting hotter and hotter". The word is also used for temperature, whether of the air or the body. For fever, "s5ana" is often used in everyday speech. "7rara" remains possible, especially in a medical context or a more formal register. To simply say "it's hot", "s5oun" or "fama s5ana" is preferred over the noun 7rara. It is frequently heard in weather forecasts.
Example
الحرارة اليوم ما تتحملش.
el 7rara el youm ma tet7amelch.
“The heat today is unbearable.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7rara” but also “harara”, “hrara” and “7arara”. 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 “7rara” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “heat (hot weather)”; “temperature, fever”: 7rara in Moroccan.