machrou3 مشروع
Tunisian Derja · noun
“machrou3” (مشروع) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning project.
Meanings
- project
- business venture, small business
Usage
Machrou3 means a project in the broad sense: a personal project, a study plan, a building site or a work project. It is also used for a small business you set up, for example "3malt machrou3", "I started a business". The usual plural is machari3. You say "machrou3 zwej" for a marriage project and "3andi machrou3" for "I have a project". The word comes from Standard Arabic but is fully part of everyday speech. In speech you also often hear the French "projet", especially in a professional context.
Example
عندي مشروع جديد نحب نبداه العام الجاي.
3andi machrou3 jdid n7eb nebdeh el 3am ejjey.
“I have a new project that I want to start next year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “machrou3” but also “mashrou3” and “mechrou3”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “machrou3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “project”; “business, small venture”: mchrou3 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “project, business venture”; “promising person (figurative)”: machrou3 in Algerian.