jar جار
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jar” (جار) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning neighbor.
Meanings
- neighbor
Usage
Jar means neighbor. The feminine is jara ("female neighbor") and the plural is jiran ("the neighbors"). Neighborliness matters a great deal in social life: people say jarna for "our neighbor" and like to recall that the Prophet recommended looking after neighbors "up to the seventh neighbor" (sabe3 jar). The expression el jar 9bal eddar ("the neighbor before the house") stresses the importance of choosing your neighborhood well. The derived word jiwra means "neighborhood".
Example
جارنا راجل باهي، ديمة يعاوننا.
jarna rajel behi, dima y3awenna.
“Our neighbor is a good man, he always helps us.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jar” but also “jaar”, “jer” and “gar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “neighbor”: jar in Moroccan.