dakh داخ

Moroccan Darija · verb

“dakh” (داخ) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to feel dizzy, have one's head spin.

Meanings

1. to feel dizzy, have one's head spin
2. to be dazed, confused

Usage

Dakh (imperfect ydukh) means to have one's head spin, because of heat, tiredness, hunger or movement. You say dakh rassi, "my head spun", or simply dakh, "he got dizzy". Figuratively, the verb expresses being overwhelmed, confused or stunned, for example by too much information or noise. The corresponding adjective is daykh, feminine daykha, "dizzy". The word belongs to the everyday, colloquial register. Do not confuse it with dkhel, "to enter", which sounds similar.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dakh” but also “da5” and “daakh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.

Type “dakh” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to faint, lose consciousness”; “to feel dizzy, head spinning”: dakh in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to feel dizzy, to have a spinning head”; “to faint, to lose consciousness”: dekh in Tunisian.