meskhout lwaldin مسخوط الوالدين
Algerian Darja · expression
“meskhout lwaldin” (مسخوط الوالدين) is an expression in Algerian Darja meaning having incurred one's parents' wrath.
Meanings
- having incurred one's parents' wrath
- disobedient, ungrateful child
Usage
Meskhout lwaldin refers to someone who has lost their parents' blessing, especially through disrespect or disobedience. According to popular belief, this brings misfortune. The expression is the opposite of mardi lwaldin, "blessed by one's parents". It is used as a moral reproach, sometimes in anger: ya meskhout lwaldin! It can also be used, in a judgmental tone, to explain someone's misfortunes. The phrase is strong emotionally and religiously: it is not a harmless joke. The feminine is meskhoutat lwaldin.
Example
هاد الولد مسخوط الوالدين، ما يسمعش ليماه.
had lweld meskhout lwaldin, ma yesma3ch l yemmah.
“This boy has lost his parents' blessing, he doesn't listen to his mother.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “meskhout lwaldin” but also “maskhot alwalidin”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.