khser خسر
Tunisian Derja · verb
“khser” (خسر) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to lose (money, match, property).
Meanings
- to lose (money, match, property)
- to ruin, spoil (form khassar)
- to make someone lose
Usage
Khser means "to lose" in the sense of suffering a loss: money, a match, a lawsuit or a business. "Khsert 3lih barcha flous" means "I lost a lot of money on it". For a misplaced object, dhayya3 is used instead: khser is not used for missing keys. The intensive form khassar means "to ruin, spoil, waste", or "to make someone lose". It is also used for a relationship, as in "khassartni fi s7abi", "you made me lose my friends". The noun khsara means loss, but also waste: "ya khsara!" means "what a pity!".
Example
الترجي خسر الماتش البارح
ettara9i khser el match lbera7
“Espérance lost the match yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khser” but also “khsar”, “5ser”, “5sar” and “khsert”. 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 “khser” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to lose (match, money, bet)”; “to break down, get damaged”: khser in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to lose (match, money)”; “to break down, get damaged”: khser in Algerian.