ha9i9a حقيقة
Algerian Darja · noun
“ha9i9a” (حقيقة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning truth, reality.
Meanings
- truth, reality
- true, real (adjectival use)
Usage
Ha9i9a means truth or reality. It is common in the phrase "fel ha9i9a", which corresponds to "in reality" or "to tell the truth". In speech, it is often used as an invariable adjective: "9issa ha9i9a" means a true story. To say "it's true", the dialect prefers "s'ha" or "bessah". Ha9i9a belongs to a somewhat more formal register and is often found in reasoned comments. The word is feminine.
Example
فالحقيقة ما كنتش نعرفو
fel ha9i9a ma kontch na3rfou
“In reality, I didn't know him.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ha9i9a” but also “haqiqa”, “hakika” and “7a9i9a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat; 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “ha9i9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “truth”; “reality, fact”: 7a9i9a in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “truth”; “reality”: 7a9i9a in Tunisian.