t7arek تحرك
Tunisian Derja · verb
“t7arek” (تحرك) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to move, shift position.
Meanings
- to move, shift position
- to act, take action
Usage
The verb t7arrek is used in the physical sense of "to move" or "to get moving". The forms are ma tet7arrekch (don't move) and t7arrek! (move!, hurry up!). It is also used figuratively for taking action in response to a situation: "lazem el7koma tet7arrek" (the government must act). The related noun, ta7arrok, belongs more to the language of the media and refers to a mobilisation or a social movement. The verb is intransitive. To "move something", use 7arrek, without the initial t.
Example
ما تتحرّكش من بلاصتك
ma tet7arrekch men blastek
“Don't move from your spot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “t7arek” but also “t7arrek”, “tharek” and “t7arak”. 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 “t7arek” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to move, get moving”; “to stir oneself, act, react”: t7errek in Moroccan.