bida بيدة
Moroccan Darija · noun
“bida” (بيدة) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning egg.
Meanings
- egg
Usage
Bida means an egg. The collective "bid" means "eggs" in general, for example "chrit l-bid". Bida is used for a single egg: "wa7ed l-bida", "juj bidat". The word is very common in cooking, notably in "bid w ma3esha" or in "bid mqli", fried eggs. The pronunciation "bayda" is also heard. The pitfall is confusing the collective "bid" with the singular "bida".
Example
كليت بيدة مسلوقة فالصباح
kelit bida mslou9a f sba7
“I ate a hard-boiled egg in the morning.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bida” but also “bayda”, “beida” and “baida”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.