khareji خارجي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“khareji” (خارجي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning external, from outside.
Meanings
- external, from outside
- foreign (from another country)
Usage
Khareji comes from Standard Arabic. In Tunisia it is used in a somewhat formal register: news, politics, sport, administration. It applies to what is outside a place, as in "el-beb el-khareji" (the outer entrance door). It also describes what comes from abroad, as in "tadakhoul khareji" (foreign interference). The feminine is "kharejiya". In everyday conversation, to say "outside" people prefer the adverb "barra". For "foreigner" referring to a person, "berrani" is used instead.
Example
سكّر الباب الخارجي قبل ما ترقد
sakker el beb el khareji 9bal ma tor9od
“Lock the outer door before you go to sleep.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khareji” but also “kharji”, “5areji” and “kharijy”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “khareji” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “external, outer”; “foreign, relating to foreign countries”: khariji in Moroccan.