sawer صور
Tunisian Derja · verb
“sawer” (صور) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to photograph, take a picture.
Meanings
- to photograph, take a picture
- to film
- (slang) to earn a lot of money
Usage
Sawwer means to take a photo or to film, with or without an object: "sawwerni" (take my picture), "sawwer el fidio" (film the video). The corresponding noun is taswira (photo), with the plural tsawer. In casual speech, "sawwer flous" or "sawwer barcha flous" is said of someone who earns a lot of money, often quickly. The expression carries a nuance of admiration or suspicion. Beware of Arabic script without vowels: depending on context, the same spelling can also be read swar, plural of "image".
Example
صورني قدام البحر.
sawwerni 9oddem lب7ar.
“Take my picture in front of the sea.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sawer” but also “sawwer”, “sawar”, “sawwar” and “sawir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “sawer” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to take a photo of”; “to film”: sawwer in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to take a photo of”; “to film, record a video”: sawer in Algerian.