ay wa7d أيّ واحد
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“ay wa7d” (أيّ واحد) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning anyone, whoever.
Meanings
- anyone, whoever
- everyone, everybody
- no one (with negation)
Usage
Ay wahd is the most common way to say "anyone": ay wahd yqder ydirha (anyone can do it). Depending on context, it takes a general meaning close to "everybody": bhal ay wahd (like everyone else). With a negation, it means "no one". The feminine ay wahda is used for a woman. Do not confuse it with kol wahd ("each one"): ay wahd stresses that the choice makes no difference.
Example
أي واحد يقدر يدير هادشي
ay wa7d y9der ydir hadchi
“Anyone can do this.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ay wa7d” but also “ay wahd”, “ay wahed”, “ayi wa7ed”, “ay wa7ed” and “ayy wahd”. 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 “ay wa7d” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “anyone, anybody”; “whoever”: ay wahed in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “anyone, anybody”; “anyone (in questions)”: ay wa7ed in Tunisian.