e5er اخر
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“e5er” (اخر) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning other.
Meanings
- other
- last
- end (of something)
Usage
E5er first means "other" and is placed after the noun: "wa7ed e5er" (another one), "nhar e5er" (another day). The feminine is "o5ra" ("marra o5ra", another time). It also means "last" when it comes before the noun, pronounced "e5er" or "a5ir": "e5er marra" (the last time). As a noun, it means the end: "e5er el 3am" (the end of the year). The expression "mel e5er" means "in the end, in short"; at the market, "mel e5er 9adech ?" asks for the final price. Pitfall: word order changes the meaning between "other" and "last".
Example
جيبلي واحد آخر
jibli wa7ed e5er
“Bring me another one.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “e5er” but also “ekher”, “a5er”, “e5ir”, “akher” and “ekhr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “e5er” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “other (masculine)”; “last (form akhir)”: akhor in Moroccan.