ghaddar غدّار

Moroccan Darija · adjective

“ghaddar” (غدّار) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning treacherous, disloyal.

Meanings

1. treacherous, disloyal

Usage

Ghaddar describes a person who betrays the trust placed in them: a friend who lets you down, a disloyal business partner, an unfaithful partner. The feminine is ghaddara and the plural is ghaddarin. The word is strong and full of reproach. It is often heard in songs, in arguments and in complaints against life itself: ddenya ghaddara, "the world is treacherous". The verb from the same root is ghder, "to betray". It is not a vulgar insult, but saying it to someone is a serious accusation.

Example

Forms

Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghaddar” but also “gheddar”, “ghddar”, “ghadar” and “ghedar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “ghaddar” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “treacherous, perfidious”; “disloyal, betraying trust”: ghaddar in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “treacherous, perfidious”; “betraying trust”: ghaddar in Tunisian.