mo7adhra محاضرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mo7adhra” (محاضرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning lecture, talk.
Meanings
- lecture, talk
- sermon, moral lecture
Usage
Mo7adhra means a lecture or a university lecture course: "3andi mo7adhra" (I have a lecture). It is often used figuratively and ironically for a long moralizing speech: "3tani mo7adhra" (he lectured me) or "bda ya3ti fi mo7adhrat" (he started giving lectures). The plural is mo7adhrat. Students also readily say "cours" or "amphi" in French. In the figurative sense, the tone is informal and slightly irritated.
Example
ما تعطينيش محاضرة، فهمت.
ma ta3tinich mo7adhra, fhemt.
“Don't lecture me, I understood.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mo7adhra” but also “mouhadhra”, “mo7adra”, “mohadhra” and “m7adhra”. 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.
Type “mo7adhra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “lecture (university)”; “public talk, address”: mo7adara in Moroccan.