chahr شهر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“chahr” (شهر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning month (about thirty days).
Meanings
- month (about thirty days)
Usage
Chhar is the usual word for "month". It is used for durations (chhar = one month, chahrin = two months), for babies' ages (3omrou setta chhor, he is six months old) and in set phrases such as chhar el 3sal, the honeymoon. The plural is chhor. People also say rès echhar for the start of the month and ekher echhar for the end of the month, often when talking about salary. The dual chahrin is more natural than "jouj chhor". After numbers from eleven onward, the singular is kept: 11 chhar, 12 chhar.
Example
نرجع لتونس بعد شهر
narja3 l tounes ba3d chhar
“I'm going back to Tunisia in a month.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chahr” but also “shhar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chahr” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “month”: ch8er in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “month”; “monthly pay, monthly installment”: chahr in Algerian.