hsed حسد
Algerian Darja · noun
“hsed” (حسد) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning envy, malicious jealousy.
Meanings
- envy, malicious jealousy
- evil eye
Usage
Lhsed refers to the malicious envy someone feels toward another's good fortune. In popular culture, it is closely tied to the idea of the evil eye: a misfortune, an illness or a failure is attributed to lhsed. The corresponding verb is hsed (he envied), and the participle hassed or hassoud means the envious person. The word often appears in religious or protective formulas, and in comments accusing critics of being jealous. It is stronger than plain "jealousy" and implies harmful intent.
Example
الناس فيها الحسد بزاف
nass fiha lhsed bezzaf
“People are full of envy.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hsed” but also “hasad”, “7sed” and “hssed”. 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 “hsed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “envy, malicious jealousy”; “evil eye”: 7sed in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “envy, jealousy”; “evil eye caused by envy”: 7sed in Tunisian.