mashhad مشهد
Algerian Darja · noun
“mashhad” (مشهد) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning scene (in a film, series).
Meanings
- scene (in a film, series)
- sight, spectacle
Usage
Mechhed is a Standard Arabic word well integrated into Algerian usage. It is used mainly to talk about films, series and videos: a funny, shocking or cut scene. It is also heard for a situation seen in the street and judged striking: chouft wahed lmechhed, "I saw quite a scene". The plural is mechahed. The register is neutral, slightly more polished than average Darja. In casual conversation, the French "scène" or "passage" is also used instead.
Example
هاد المشهد ضحكني بزاف.
had lmechhed d7akni bezzaf.
“This scene made me laugh a lot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mashhad” but also “mach-had” and “mashed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mashhad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “scene (film, theatre)”; “sight, spectacle”: mashhad in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “scene (film, series, theatre)”; “sight, situation witnessed”: mashhad in Tunisian.