9mar قمر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9mar” (قمر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning moon.
Meanings
- moon
- very beautiful person (compliment)
Usage
9mar means the moon. Depending on the region, it is pronounced with a q or a g, and written 9mar or gmar accordingly. In everyday speech it is above all a very common compliment: enti 9mar or 9mar ya 9mar is said to a person, often a woman or a child, to say they are very beautiful. As a girl's name, Kmar or Gmar is a proper noun. The plural, rare, is a9mar.
Example
القمر الليلة كامل وضاوي.
el 9mar ellila kemel w dhawi.
“Tonight the moon is full and bright.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9mar” but also “gmar”, “kmar”, “qmar” and “9amar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “9mar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “moon”; “gambling”: 9mer in Moroccan.