fkhar فخار
Tunisian Derja · noun
“fkhar” (فخار) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning pottery, earthenware objects.
Meanings
- pottery, earthenware objects
- terracotta (material)
Usage
Fkhar refers to pottery and earthenware objects: jars, dishes, cooking pots, pitchers. It is a collective noun. People speak of fkhar for traditional crafts and kitchen tableware. The potter is called fakhkhar, with a doubled consonant that is clearly audible. The word often evokes cooking of the old days, and several dishes are said to taste better when cooked in fkhar. The register is neutral and everyday. To specify the material of an object, say mte3 fkhar, "made of terracotta".
Example
الكسكسي يطيب خير في الفخار.
el kousksi yetib khir fel fkhar.
“Couscous cooks better in earthenware.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fkhar” but also “fakhar” and “fkhkhar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “fkhar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pottery, earthenware objects”; “terracotta (material)”: fekhar in Moroccan.