mghamra مغامرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mghamra” (مغامرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning adventure.
Meanings
- adventure
- risky venture, ordeal
Usage
Mghamra (or moughamra) means an adventure: a trip, an unplanned outing, a new experience. People say "na3mlou mghamra" (let's take a chance). In familiar usage, the word often refers to a complicated or tiresome undertaking: going to a distant government office or finding a taxi on a holiday becomes "mghamra kemla", a real expedition. The tone is then ironic. The plural is mghamrat. The word can also refer to a risky decision, for example an investment or leaving for a foreign country.
Example
مشينا للصحراء بالكرهبة، كانت مغامرة
mchina lel sa7ra bel karhba, kenet mghamra
“We went to the desert by car, it was an adventure.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mghamra” but also “moughamra”, “mughamra” and “mo8amra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “mghamra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “adventure”; “risky venture, gamble”: moghamara in Moroccan.