a5bar اخبار
Tunisian Derja · noun
“a5bar” (اخبار) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning news, current events.
Meanings
- news, current events
- how someone is doing
Usage
A5bar is the plural of khbar (piece of news). It means information, notably the TV or radio news: tfarrjt fil a5bar? But its most frequent use is in greetings: chnowa a5barek? (how are you, what's new?), which is often answered with la7amdoulah. One also asks about a third person: chnowa a5bar ommek? Pitfall: the question chnowa a5barek does not call for a real account; it is a politeness formula. Ma 3andich a5bar means "I have no news".
Example
أهلا، شنوة أخبارك؟ لاباس؟
ahla, chnowa a5barek? labes?
“Hello, what's your news? Everything okay?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “a5bar” but also “akhbar”, “ekhbar”, “a5ber” and “akhber”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “a5bar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “news, information”; “news broadcast”: akhbar in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “news (of someone)”; “news, current events”: akhbar in Algerian.