marwe7 مرواح
Tunisian Derja · noun
“marwe7” (مرواح) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning going home.
Meanings
- going home
- leaving, departure
Usage
Marwe7 is the verbal noun of rawa7, "to go home, to leave". It refers to going home, especially at the end of the day: wa9t el marwe7, "time to go home", is said at work or at school. More broadly it expresses the idea of leaving: ma fammech marwe7 means "we're not leaving, no way are we going". The register is common and informal.
Example
قرب وقت المرواح، هيا نلمو حوايجنا.
9rob wa9t el marwe7, hayya nlemmou 7wejna.
“It's almost time to go home, let's pack up our things.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “marwe7” but also “marwa7”, “merwe7” and “marweh”. 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.