skhoun سخون
Algerian Darja · adjective
“skhoun” (سخون) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning hot, scalding.
Meanings
- hot, scalding
- feverish (person)
- tense, heated (situation)
Usage
Skhoun is the usual adjective for "hot" in Algeria. It applies to water, dishes, weather and the body: ma skhoun (hot water), el jaw skhoun (it's hot), rah skhoun (he has a fever). The feminine is skhouna, the plural skhounin. A situation or a match is also called skhoun when the atmosphere is tense. The related verb is skhen ("to heat up, to be hot"). The opposite is bared ("cold"). For an English speaker, note that skhoun covers both "hot" and "scalding"; context and intonation indicate the intensity, often reinforced by repetition: skhoun skhoun.
Example
رد بالك، الما سخون بزاف.
red balek, el ma skhoun bezzaf.
“Be careful, the water is very hot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “skhoun” but also “skhon”, “s5oun”, “sekhoun” and “skhoune”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “skhoun” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “hot (temperature, object, liquid)”; “warm (clothing, blanket)”: skhoun in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “hot”; “hot-blooded, short-tempered”: skhoun in Tunisian.