3odwani عدواني

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“3odwani” (عدواني) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning aggressive.

Meanings

1. aggressive
2. hostile

Usage

3odwani describes an aggressive or hostile person, animal or behavior. The feminine is 3odwaniya, the plural 3odwaniyin. The word comes from Standard Arabic and belongs to a rather formal register: it is heard in the media, at school, or in somewhat thoughtful conversations. In everyday speech, for someone who loses their temper easily, people more readily say m3assab, "irritated", or wa3er, "difficult, terrible". It is often combined with bzaf, "very".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3odwani” but also “3edwani”, “3adwani” and “3dwani”. 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 “3odwani” on the Arabic keyboard