7da حدا
Moroccan Darija · preposition
“7da” (حدا) is a preposition in Moroccan Darija meaning beside, next to.
Meanings
- beside, next to
- at, with (someone)
Usage
7da is used to place something right next to a place or a person: dari 7da lbanka ("my house is next to the bank"), gles 7dak ("sit next to you"). Pronouns attach to it easily: 7dak ("next to you"), 7dah ("next to him"), 7dana ("next to us"). The word indicates immediate proximity, stronger than 9rib men, "close to". Note: in writing, it is sometimes confused with had, "this", which has a different meaning.
Example
داري حدا ل بانكا
dari 7da l banka
“My house is next to the bank.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7da” but also “hda” and “7eda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7da” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “next to, near”; “by, with (someone)”: hda in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “next to, near”: 7dha in Tunisian.