bared بارد
Algerian Darja · adjective
“bared” (بارد) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning cold, cool.
Meanings
- cold, cool
- unfunny, dull (joke, person)
- unfeeling, heartless
Usage
Bared first means "cold" for water, a drink, the weather or food: lma bared. Figuratively, it describes a joke or a person with no humor, dull: nokta barda, "an unfunny joke"; this is a very common criticism. Bared el-qelb refers to an unfeeling person, without emotion, or who doesn't worry about anything. The feminine is barda, the plural bardin. The register is everyday. For "it's cold", people rather say kayen el-berd or el-jew bared.
Example
عطيني شوية ما بارد
3tini chwiya lma bared
“Give me a little cold water.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bared” but also “bard”, “barid” and “barda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bared” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “cold (weather, object, water)”; “cool, chilled (drink)”: bard in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “cold, cool”; “unfunny, flat (humor)”: bared in Tunisian.