khtar خطر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“khtar” (خطر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning danger.
Meanings
- danger
- risk
Usage
Khtar, also pronounced khatar, means danger or risk. It appears in "fih khtar" (it's risky), "khtar mout" (danger of death, often on signs) or "hatt rouhou fil khtar" (he put himself in danger). To say that something is dangerous, one rather uses the adjective khatir or "fih khtar". The register is neutral. Pitfall: do not confuse this word with khater, "because" (in "3la khater"), whose Arabic spelling is very close.
Example
ما تعومش غادي، فيه خطر
ma t3oumch ghadi, fih khtar
“Don't swim over there, it's dangerous.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khtar” but also “khatar”, “5tar” and “5atar”. 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 “khtar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “danger, risk”; “dangerous (predicate)”: khatar in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “danger, risk”; “because (khater)”: khatar in Algerian.