dghet ضغط
Algerian Darja · noun
“dghet” (ضغط) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning stress, mental pressure.
Meanings
- stress, mental pressure
- blood pressure
- physical pressure
Usage
Very common word, pronounced dghet or daght. It refers first to stress and psychological pressure: dghet ta3 lbac, "bac exam stress"; 3ayech f dghet, "he's living under pressure". In everyday speech it also means blood pressure: 3andou dghet, "he has high blood pressure". In this sense it competes with the French word "tension". It is also used for physical pressure (air, water). The corresponding verb, dghet / yedghet, means "to press, to push down" and, figuratively, "to put pressure on someone".
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dghet” but also “dagh6”, “d8at”, “daght” and “dgh6”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط); 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “dghet” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pressure”; “blood pressure, hypertension”: daght in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “pressure”; “blood pressure, hypertension”: dhaghet in Tunisian.