jarr جر

Tunisian Derja · verb

“jarr” (جر) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to drag, pull.

Meanings

1. to drag, pull
2. to drag (someone) into
3. pulling, traction (noun)

Usage

Jarr means "to drag, to pull behind one"; imperfect "yjorr". It is used for a heavy object pulled along the ground, a suitcase, or a person taken along by force. Figuratively, "jarrou l-mochkla" means "he dragged him into the affair". For "to pull" in the general sense, the most common verb remains "jbed", whereas jarr stresses friction and slowness. In school contexts, "harf jarr" is the grammatical term for "preposition". Note: the same spelling can also correspond to a badly split "ajr" or to "jorh", "wound".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jarr” but also “jar”, “jorr” and “jerr”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “jarr” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to pull (toward oneself)”; “to drag, pull behind”: jerr in Moroccan.