char3i شرعي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“char3i” (شرعي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning legitimate, lawful.
Meanings
- legitimate, lawful
- in accordance with religious law
Usage
Char3i means "legitimate" or "lawful", in both the legal and the religious sense. It is used in political debate (7oukouma char3iyya, legitimate government) and in social life, often in the negative: ghir char3i, "illegitimate", for a child born out of wedlock or a union that is not recognised. In the religious domain, it describes what follows sharia: ro9ya char3iyya (exorcism by Quranic recitation). The word comes from Standard Arabic and keeps a rather serious register. Feminine: char3iyya; the corresponding noun char3iyya also means "legitimacy".
Example
عندو الحق الشرعي في الورث.
3andou el 7a9 echar3i fel warth.
“He has a legitimate right to the inheritance.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “char3i” but also “shar3i”, “chare3i” and “char3y”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “char3i” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “legitimate, legal”; “lawful under religious law”: char3i in Moroccan.