khsara خسارة

Tunisian Derja · interjection

“khsara” (خسارة) is an interjection in Tunisian Derja meaning too bad!, what a pity.

Meanings

1. too bad!, what a pity
2. loss, harm
3. waste

Usage

Khsara is mostly used on its own, as an exclamation, to express regret: "too bad!". It can also open a sentence: khsara ma jitech (too bad you didn't come). It is often found after ama (but) to qualify a compliment: behi ama khsara… As a noun, it refers to a loss, especially a financial one, or to a waste: khsara fih is said of someone or something that deserves better. The word belongs to all registers. The corresponding verb is khser (to lose), not to be confused with khassar (to make someone lose, to spoil).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khsara” but also “5sara”, “khssara”, “5ssara”, “khasara” and “khsaara”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find خسارة and خساره, all the same word.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.

Type “khsara” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pity, waste”; “loss (financial, material)”: khsara in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “pity, what a waste”; “loss (money, match)”: khsara in Algerian.