zor9 زرق
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“zor9” (زرق) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning blue (plural).
Meanings
- blue (plural)
Usage
Zor9 is the plural form of the adjective "blue". The masculine singular is azra9, the feminine zar9a. Since body parts come in pairs, one says "3inih zor9" (he has blue eyes). The plural form is also used for any group of blue objects. The word covers blue in general, from light to dark; to be specific, add "fte7" (light) or "ghame9" (dark). Pitfall: in Tunisia, azra9 can also describe a green or grey shade of eyes, depending on the speaker.
Example
البنية عينيها زرق وشعرها أصفر.
el bnaya 3iniha zor9 w cha3rha asfer.
“The little girl has blue eyes and blond hair.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “zor9” but also “zour9”, “zer9”, “zork” and “zorg”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “zor9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “blue”; “blue-eyed (person)”: zreq in Moroccan.