chari شاري
Tunisian Derja · noun
“chari” (شاري) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning buyer, purchaser.
Meanings
- buyer, purchaser
- having bought
Usage
Chari is the active participle of the verb "chra" (to buy). Used as a noun, it means the buyer, especially when someone is trying to sell something: "ma l9it chari" (I didn't find a buyer). Used as a participle, it indicates a completed action whose result still matters: "hou chari karhba" (he has bought a car). The agreeing forms are charya (feminine) and charyin (plural). Do not confuse it with "chra" (the purchase) or with the more formal "mouchtari".
Example
حبيت نبيع الكرهبة أما ما لقيتش شاري.
7abbit nbi3 el karhba ama ma l9itch chari.
“I wanted to sell the car, but I couldn't find a buyer.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chari” but also “shari”, “cheri” and “chary”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chari” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “buyer, customer”; “having bought (participle)”: chari in Moroccan.