massira مسيرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“massira” (مسيرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning march, street demonstration.
Meanings
- march, street demonstration
- career, path
Usage
A feminine noun meaning a march, especially a demonstration that moves along the street, as opposed to a stationary gathering (wa9fa). It is very common in Tunisian activist and media vocabulary: nadhem massira (to organize a march), kharjou fi massira (they came out to demonstrate). The plural is massirat. The word can also mean someone's path or career, as in massira mahniya (professional career), a more formal sense close to Standard Arabic. For a simple stroll, you don't say massira but rather mechya or dora.
Example
غدوة فما مسيرة في شارع بورقيبة.
ghodwa famma massira fi chare3 Bourguiba.
“Tomorrow there's a march on Bourguiba Avenue.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “massira” but also “masira”, “maseera” and “messira”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “massira” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “march, demonstration”; “career, path (of a person)”: massira in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “march, demonstration”; “journey, career”: massira in Algerian.