9odra قدرة

Moroccan Darija · noun

“9odra” (قدرة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning ability, capacity.

Meanings

1. ability, capacity
2. power (of God)

Usage

9odra refers to the physical, material or financial capacity to do something: ma 3ndich l9odra, "I can't afford it". The word is rather formal or religious in register. In everyday speech, people prefer the verb 9der or the adjective 9ader, "able". It also appears in pious formulas such as b9odrat llah, "by the power of God". Be careful not to confuse it with 9adra, the feminine of 9ader, which means "able": 9adra tkhdem, "she is able to work".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9odra” but also “9udra”, “qodra” and “9odraa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “9odra” on the Arabic keyboard

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “capacity, ability”; “power (of God)”: 9odra in Tunisian.