ma7rou9 محروق
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“ma7rou9” (محروق) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning burnt, charred.
Meanings
- burnt, charred
- exposed, "burned"
- eaten up with spite
Usage
Mahrouq is the passive participle of "hraq" (to burn). It is first used in the concrete sense: a burnt dish, bread or object. The feminine is mahrouqa and the plural mahrouqin. Figuratively, it describes a person or an account that is "burned", whose identity or intentions are known to everyone. In an informal register, it also describes someone who is hurt, eaten up by jealousy or spite. Context makes the difference. Be careful not to confuse it with "harraga", which refers to undocumented migrants.
Example
الخبزة تحرقت، ولّات محروقة الكل.
lkhobza t7arqet, wallet ma7rouqa lkol.
“The bread burned, it's completely charred.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma7rou9” but also “mahrouk”, “ma7rouk”, “mahrouq” and “ma7rouq”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “ma7rou9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “burnt, charred”; “grieving, heartbroken”: mahroug in Algerian.