hrira حريرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“hrira” (حريرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning thick soup, porridge.
Meanings
- thick soup, porridge
Usage
Hrira refers to a thick soup or porridge, usually made with flour or semolina. The word is known in Tunisia but much less common than chorba, the usual soup especially during Ramadan. Recipes and usage vary by region and family. For an English speaker, avoid automatically thinking of the Moroccan harira, which is a different dish. Also beware of the homograph 7rira, "small piece of silk", formed from 7rir, "silk".
Example
أمي طيبتلنا حريرة سخونة
ommi tayybetelna hrira skhouna
“My mother made us a nice hot soup.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hrira” but also “7rira” and “harira”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “hrira” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “harira, traditional soup”; “mess, muddle (figurative)”: 7rira in Moroccan.