a7san أحسن
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“a7san” (أحسن) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning best, better.
Meanings
- best, better
- better
Usage
A7san is the comparative and superlative form of mzyan (good, well). It does not agree in gender or number: a7san bent as in a7san drari. Placed before the noun, it gives a superlative (a7san wa7ed, the best one). With men, it works as a comparative: hada a7san men hadak (this one is better than that one). It is also used on its own as an adverb: hakka a7san (it's better like this). The expression a7san 7aja (the best thing) is common. There is no feminine form.
Example
أحسن واحد فينا
a7sen wa7ed fina
“The best one among us.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “a7san” but also “a7sen”, “ahsan”, “a7ssen”, “a7ssan” and “a7ssn”. 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 “a7san” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “better, the best”; “better (adverb)”: a7sen in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “better, best”; “better, it's better to”: a7sen in Tunisian.