sa7ar سحار
Tunisian Derja · noun
“sa7ar” (سحار) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sorcerer, caster of spells.
Meanings
- sorcerer, caster of spells
- magician, conjurer
Usage
Sa77ar first refers to someone who practices witchcraft (s7or), with a negative connotation. The feminine is sa77ara, which can also be used as a reproach or teasing remark toward a woman considered bewitching. The word also applies to a performer of magic tricks, for example someone hired to entertain at a children's party. Only context distinguishes the two senses. In colloquial usage, "sa77ar" is also said of a very skillful person capable of surprising things.
Example
جابولهم سحار في عيد ميلاد الصغير.
jabolhom sa77ar fi 3id milad esghir.
“They brought a magician for the little one's birthday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sa7ar” but also “sa77ar”, “sahhar” and “sa7har”. 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 “sa7ar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “sorcerer, spell-caster”; “cunning or bewitching person”: sa77ar in Algerian.