lekher لخر
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“lekher” (لخر) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning the end, last.
Meanings
- the end, last
- the other
Usage
Lekher is used mostly in the phrase fi lekher, "in the end, finally", very common for concluding a story: fi lekher ma ja, "in the end he didn't come". It can also refer to what is at the far end, in last place. The same word is commonly used to mean "the other": el wa7ed lekher, "the other one", plural lokhrin, "the others". Context decides. For "last" in a series, tali is also often heard. Common register, in speech and in online writing.
Example
في لخر ما جاش
fi lekher ma jech
“In the end, he didn't come.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “lekher” but also “lakher”, “le5er”, “l5er” and “lekhir”. 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 (in order or ranking)”; “final, ultimate”: lkher in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “last”; “the end”: lekhher in Algerian.