mo7ami محامي
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mo7ami” (محامي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning lawyer (legal profession).
Meanings
- lawyer (legal profession)
Usage
Mo7ami refers to the lawyer who advises or defends someone in court. The feminine is mo7amiya, the plural mo7amin. Mo7ami ed-difé3 is the defence lawyer. The word is used both in the media and in conversation. In speech, many Tunisians also use the French word "avocat", pronounced avoka, especially in cities. A lawyer is addressed with the title ostedh, "maître". Do not confuse it with the fruit, which is simply called avoka or lavoka.
Example
لازمك محامي باش يدافع عليك.
lazmek mo7ami bech ydéfe3 3lik.
“You need a lawyer to defend you.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mo7ami” but also “mohami”, “mou7ami”, “mouhami” and “m7ami”. 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 “mo7ami” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “lawyer (profession)”; “defender, someone taking sides”: mo7ami in Moroccan.