hadith حديث

Algerian Darja · noun

“hadith” (حديث) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning hadith, saying reported from the Prophet.

Meanings

1. hadith, saying reported from the Prophet
2. conversation, talk
3. recent, modern (adjective)

Usage

In Algeria, hdith or hadith first refers to a hadith, that is, a saying or act attributed to the Prophet. The expression hadith sahih means "authentic hadith". The sense of "conversation" also exists. For "to talk" or "speech", however, darja more readily says hadra or lehdra. Hdith is found in the sense of "talk" in expressions like hdith l9hawi, "café chatter". Used as an adjective, the word means "modern, recent", but jdid remains more common for "new". Note that in a religious commentary, hadith almost never means "chatter".

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hadith” but also “hdith”, “7adith”, “hadit” and “7dith”. 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.

Type “hadith” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “talk, chatter, conversation”; “hadith, saying of the Prophet”: 7dit in Moroccan.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “conversation, discussion”; “words, talk”: 7dith in Tunisian.