3awd عود
Moroccan Darija · noun
“3awd” (عود) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning horse.
Meanings
- horse
- oud (lute)
- wood, stick; agarwood
Usage
Several words hide behind the Arabic spelling 3wd. The most common in Morocco is 3awd, "horse", whose plural is 3yud. It is used in expressions like rkeb 3awd (to ride a horse) and in the vocabulary of the tbourida. Pronounced 3oud, the word means the oriental lute or a piece of wood. It also means agarwood (3oud l9mari). It should also be distinguished from the verb 3awed, "to start again" or "to repeat", and from 3owwed, "to accustom". For the mare, one says l3awda.
Example
العطلة لي فاتت ركبت عود
l3otla li fatet rkebt 3awd
“During the last holidays, I went horse riding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3awd” but also “3oud”, “3aoud”, “aawd” and “3owwed”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “3awd” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “horse”; “stick, piece of wood”: 3oud in Tunisian.