b7ar بحر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“b7ar” (بحر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sea.
Meanings
- sea
- beach, seaside
Usage
B7ar means the sea, but in everyday use it also means the beach or swimming: nemchiw lel b7ar means "we're going to the beach, we're going for a swim". Bent b7ar or weld b7ar refers to a person from the coast, as opposed to someone from the interior of the country. The word appears in several names of sea animals, such as kelb b7ar (shark). The plural b7our belongs to a more formal register. The register is neutral.
Example
نمشيو للبحر العشيّة؟
nemchiw lel b7ar el 3chiya?
“Shall we go to the beach this afternoon?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “b7ar” but also “bhar”, “ba7r” and “bahr”. 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 “b7ar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sea, seaside”; “ocean, vast expanse”: b7er in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sea”; “beach, seaside”: bhar in Algerian.