How do you say "neighbor" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "neighbor" is "jar" (جار), pronounced /JAR/.

How do you say "neighborhood" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "neighborhood" is "sha3b" (شعب), pronounced /SHA3B/.

How do you say "neighbors" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "neighbors" is "jiran" (جيران), pronounced /ji-RAN/.

How do you say "neighborhood kid" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "neighborhood kid" is "grri" (گرّي), pronounced /GR-ri/.

How do you say "neighborhood" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "neighborhood" is "hay" (حيّ), pronounced /HAY/.

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How to say "Neighbor" in Moroccan Arabic

In Darija, "neighbor" is jar (جار), pronounced /JAR/.

20 words

جارjar/JAR/

neighbor

شعبsha3b/SHA3B/

neighborhood

جيرانjiran/ji-RAN/

neighbors

گرّيgrri/GR-ri/

neighborhood kid

حيّhay/HAY/

neighborhood

ولد الجيرانwld ljiran/wld l-ji-RAN/

neighbor's son

باش مودّمbash mwddm/bash mw-DDM/

neighborhood chief

تيم ديال الحومةteam dyal l7uma/TIM dyal l-7U-ma/

neighborhood team

حانوت ديال الحيhanout dyal l7ayy/7a-NUT dyal l-7AYY/

neighborhood shop

مول الفرن ديال الحومةmwl lfurn dyal l7awma/mwl l-FURN dyal l-7AW-ma/

neighborhood baker

مقهوة ديال الحومةmqhwa dyal l7awma/mq-HWA dyal l-7AW-ma/

neighborhood café

سقاية ديال الحومةsqaya dyal l7awma/sqa-YA dyal l-7AW-ma/

neighborhood fountain

حيط ديال الجيران7it dyal l jiiran/7IT dyal l-JI-ran/

neighbor wall

بارك ديال الحومةparc dyal l7awma/PARK dyal l-7AW-ma/

neighborhood park

جيرانjiiran/JIIRAN/

neighbors

جارةjara/JARA/

neighbor f

مقدّمة ديال الحومةmqdma dyal l7awma/mq-DD-ma dyal l-7AW-ma/

neighborhood chief

عطّار ديال الحومة3ttar dyal l7awma/3t-TAR dyal l-7AW-ma/

neighborhood herbalist

بنت الجارbint l jar/BINT L JAR/

neighbor daughter

ولد الجارwld l jar/WLD L JAR/

neighbor son

2 phrases

الجار قبل الدار

L jar qbl ddar

/l JAR QBL d-DAR/

Neighbor before house

Voisin avant maison

Choose good neighbors over a nice house.

عزومنا عند الجيران اليوم

3zumna 3nd l jiiran lyum

/3zum-NA 3nd l ji-RAN l-YUM/

Invited to neighbors today

Invités chez les voisins

About this word in Darija

In Darija, "neighbor" is jar (جار), pronounced /JAR/.

Darija (الدارجة) is Moroccan Arabic — the everyday spoken language of 40 million Moroccans. Unlike Modern Standard Arabic, it's rarely written down and draws heavily on French, Spanish, and Amazigh vocabulary. Learning how to say “neighbor” the way Moroccans actually say it — with the right pronunciation, register, and cultural context — is the difference between sounding like a textbook and sounding like you belong.

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