hadak هاداك
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“hadak” (هاداك) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning that one, that.
Meanings
- that one, that
- that (before a noun)
Usage
Hadak is the masculine demonstrative for distance. The feminine is hadik and the plural hadouk. Used alone, it designates a person or thing already mentioned or far away: howa hadak, "that's him indeed". The phrase hadak howa is also used to conclude: hadak howa kolchi, "that's all", or hadak howa, "that's it, exactly". Before a noun with the article, it translates as "that…": hadak rrajel, "that man". The short form dak is more frequent in this use.
Example
هاداك هو كلشي
hadak howa kolchi
“That's all.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hadak” but also “hdak”, “8adak” and “hadaak”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “hadak” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
The same word also exists in Algerian Darja, written هداك, where it means “that one (masculine)”; “whatchamacallit (filler word)”: hadak in Algerian.