dharouri ضروري
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“dharouri” (ضروري) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning necessary, essential.
Meanings
- necessary, essential
- mandatory
- definitely, absolutely
Usage
Dharouri describes what is necessary or mandatory: hedha dharouri ("it's essential"), mouch dharouri ("no need"). Used on its own, it often works as an adverb: dharouri tji! means "you absolutely must come!". As a reply, dharouri! means "of course, definitely". The feminine is dharouriya. The word belongs to the everyday register. Note: mouch dharouri does not mean "forbidden". It only means "optional, unnecessary", exactly like "not necessary" in English.
Example
الباسبور ضروري، ما تنساهوش.
el passport dharouri, ma tensehouch.
“The passport is essential, don't forget it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dharouri” but also “darouri”, “dhrouri”, “dharori” and “daruri”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dharouri” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “necessary, indispensable”; “mandatory”: darori in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “necessary, indispensable”; “absolutely, without fail”: dharouri in Algerian.