fjer فجر

Tunisian Derja · noun

“fjer” (فجر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning dawn, daybreak.

Meanings

1. dawn, daybreak
2. dawn prayer
3. beginning, birth (figurative)

Usage

El fjer refers to dawn, the moment when day breaks, and by extension the dawn prayer ("sallit el fjer"). It is used to place a very early hour: "mel fjer" (from dawn), "m3a el fjer" (at daybreak). In the language of songs and love messages, it takes on a figurative sense of a beginning, a renewal. The word is common and neutral; the form fajr, closer to Standard Arabic, appears mostly in writing. It is almost always used with the article el.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fjer” but also “fajr”, “fejr”, “fjar” and “fajer”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “fjer” on the Arabic keyboard