wujud وجود
Algerian Darja · noun
“wujud” (وجود) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning existence, fact of existing.
Meanings
- existence, fact of existing
- presence (of someone, something)
Usage
Wujud is a standard Arabic word that Darja uses as is, especially in a somewhat formal register: religious discussions, debates, argued comments. It is found in phrases like wujud Allah (the existence of God) or yethbet wujudou (he proves he exists, he makes his mark). In ordinary conversation, verbal phrasings with kayen (there is) are often preferred to say that something exists. The word is understood by everyone and does not sound foreign. Note that it is an abstract noun, rarely used to talk about concrete everyday objects.
Example
حاب يثبت وجودو في الفريق.
hab yethbet wujudou fel fari9.
“He wants to make his mark in the team.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wujud” but also “woujoud”, “wjoud”, “wujoud” and “woujud”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “wujud” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “existence, fact of existing”; “presence (of something or someone)”: woujoud in Tunisian.