thrid ثريد

Algerian Darja · noun

“thrid” (ثريد) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning bread or dough dish with sauce.

Meanings

1. bread or dough dish with sauce

Usage

Thrid (or trid) refers to a traditional dish: pieces of bread or thin sheets of dough over which a sauce is poured, most often with chicken or meat. The recipe and the type of dough vary by region and family. In regions where the "th" sound is kept, it is pronounced thrid; elsewhere, people say trid instead. The word is part of the family cooking vocabulary, in particular for festive or winter meals. It is often used with tayyeb (to cook): "tayyebna thrid" (we prepared thrid).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “thrid” but also “trid”, “tharid” and “thureed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “thrid” on the Arabic keyboard