charrir شرير
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“charrir” (شرير) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning evil, wicked.
Meanings
- evil, wicked
- quarrelsome, looking for trouble
Usage
Charrir describes a person who does evil by nature or seeks out trouble. The feminine is charrira. The register is slightly more elevated than everyday words: it is heard mainly in political commentary, cartoons, and TV series to refer to "the villain." For a misbehaving child or an unpleasant person, khayeb ("bad") is more spontaneous. The word comes from char ("evil").
Example
هاك الراجل شرّير، ما تقربلوش
hak errajel charrir, ma tograblouch
“That man is evil, don't go near him.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “charrir” but also “cherir”, “chrir”, “sharir” and “charir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “charrir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wicked, malicious”; “the villain (of a film)”: chirrir in Moroccan.