lekher اللخر

Tunisian Derja · noun

“lekher” (اللخر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning to the max, totally.

Meanings

1. to the max, totally
2. in short, bottom line
3. the last, the end

Usage

Lekher literally means "the end, the last", but it lives mainly in two informal expressions. 3al lekher ("all the way") marks maximum intensity: nayem 3al lekher (fast asleep), far7an 3al lekher (over the moon). Mel lekher ("from the end") is used to get straight to the point or to conclude frankly, like "in short" or "to make it short". It can also be used alone to mean the last one in a series. The register is spoken and informal, and it is very frequent among young people and on social media.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lekher” but also “le5er”, “l5er”, “ellekher” and “lekhr”. 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 “lekher” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “last, the one that comes last”; “the end (in f llekher)”: llekher in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “last, latest”; “the end (fel lekher: at the end)”: lekher in Algerian.