khrif خريف
Tunisian Derja · noun
“khrif” (خريف) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning autumn.
Meanings
- autumn
Usage
Khrif means autumn. The word is in common use, spoken and written, and does not change from region to region. It is heard in fel khrif, "in autumn", or nhar khrif, "an autumn day", and is associated with the first rains, the start of the school year, and the date and olive seasons. The other seasons are chta (winter), rbi3 (spring) and sif (summer). Mind the spelling: the word is written with no vowel after the kh and is pronounced as a single stressed syllable.
Example
في الخريف تبدا الشتا تصب.
fel khrif tebda ech-chta tsob.
“In autumn, the rain starts to pour.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khrif” but also “5rif” and “kharif”. 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 “khrif” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “autumn, fall”: khrif in Moroccan.