jdid جديد
Algerian Darja · adjective
“jdid” (جديد) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning new, brand new.
Meanings
- new, brand new
- recent, novel
Usage
Common adjective that comes after the noun: "tilifoun jdid" (a new phone), "3am jdid" (new year). The feminine is "jdida", the plural "jdad". It covers both "brand new" (never used) and "new" (just arrived). On its own, it can refer to a newcomer: "howa jdid hna" (he is new here). The phrase "wech kayen jdid ?" is used to ask for news. In everyday pronunciation the first vowel drops out: people say "jdid".
Example
شريت طوموبيل جديدة
chrit tomobil jdida
“I bought a new car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jdid” but also “jadid”, “jdide”, “djdid” and “jdiid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jdid” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “new, brand new”; “something new, news”: jdid in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “new, brand new”; “recent, novel”: jdid in Tunisian.