bouh بوه
Algerian Darja · noun
“bouh” (بوه) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning his father.
Meanings
- his father
Usage
Bouh is the possessive form of bou or bou, "father", with the suffix -h, "his". The corresponding feminine is bouha, "her father". In everyday speech, babah or babaha are more neutral. Bouh appears mostly in fixed expressions: yerham bouh, "bless his father", is used to thank or congratulate. It is also found in many curses and insults. The word itself is not vulgar, but the context often is. It should not be confused with bou-, a prefix meaning "the one who has".
Example
بوه خدام في البلدية
bouh khdam f el baladiya
“His father works at the town hall.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bouh” but also “boh”, “bouhh”, “bwh” and “bouuh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.