hidoura هيدورة
Algerian Darja · noun
“hidoura” (هيدورة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning sheepskin used as a rug.
Meanings
- sheepskin used as a rug
- sheep's fleece
Usage
Hidoura refers to a tanned or dried sheepskin with its wool, laid on the floor or on a bench seat as a rug or cushion. The word is closely tied to Eid al-Adha: after the sacrifice, the sheep's skin is kept, salted and dried to make a hidoura. It is also found in joking or mocking expressions, where it evokes something woolly or cumbersome. The register is colloquial and domestic. The common plural is "hiyadar".
Example
حطّ الهيدورة قدّام السداري
hott el hidoura qoddam e-sdari
“Put the sheepskin in front of the bench seat.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hidoura” but also “haydoura”, “hidora” and “hiydoura”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “hidoura” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “tanned sheepskin with wool”; “sheepskin rug”: haydoura in Moroccan.