tmarmed اتمرمد

Algerian Darja · verb

“tmarmed” (اتمرمد) is a verb in Algerian Darja meaning to suffer, struggle hard.

Meanings

1. to suffer, struggle hard
2. to be mistreated, humiliated

Usage

Tmarmed means to endure a hard life or situation: exhaustion, deprivation, endless paperwork, mistreatment. It is very often used for exile (tmarmed fel ghorba), work or dealings with the administration. The corresponding noun is tmarmid (hardship, misery), and the active form marmed means to mistreat, to make someone suffer (marmdouh: they mistreated him). Colloquial register, very common throughout the country. It is not simple passing tiredness: the word suggests a prolonged ordeal, sometimes with a nuance of humiliation.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tmarmed” but also “tmermed”, “tmarmad”, “etmarmed” and “atmarmad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “tmarmed” on the Arabic keyboard