mawjoud موجود
Algerian Darja · adjective
“mawjoud” (موجود) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning present, here.
Meanings
- present, here
- available
- existing, to be found
Usage
Mawjoud, feminine mawjouda and plural mawjoudin, means "present" or "available". Rani mawjoud means "I'm here, I'm available": it is used to offer help or to say where you are. In a shop, mawjoud? means "do you have it?". To say "there is", darja prefers kayen. Mawjoud puts more emphasis on actual presence or availability. The adjective agrees with what it describes: el-ḥlib mawjoud, but ennas mawjoudin.
Example
إلا حتاجيت حاجة، راني موجود.
ila 7tajit 7aja, rani mawjoud.
“If you need anything, I'm here.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mawjoud” but also “mawjoude”, “maoujoud”, “mawjod” and “mawjood”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mawjoud” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “available, present, here”; “ready, up for it”: mojoud in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “present, here”; “available, in stock”: mawjoud in Tunisian.