kber كبر
Tunisian Derja · verb
“kber” (كبر) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to grow up.
Meanings
- to grow up
- to get older, age
- to increase, grow bigger
Usage
Kber is the basic verb for "to grow", for a child as well as for something that gains in scale: el mas2ouliya kebret (the responsibility has increased). It also means "to get old": kber w ma 3adech yenjem yekhdem. The intensive form kabber means "to raise, enlarge", and also "to exaggerate" (ma tkabbarhech, don't make a big deal of it). The noun kober means size or greatness. It should not be confused with takbir, the exclamation "Allahou akbar", which comes from the same root.
Example
هاذاك علاش ال ماءولي كبرت والراب ولّى يتعّب ,
hedheke 3lesh el me2ouliye kébrit wirap welle yta33éb ,
“That's why responsibility has grown and rap has become tiring,”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kber” but also “kbar”, “kbir”, “kober”, “kbr” and “kbour”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kber” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to raise (a child)”; “to enlarge, make bigger”: kebber in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to raise (a child)”; “to enlarge, make bigger”: kebber in Algerian.