hadok هدوك
Moroccan Darija · pronoun
“hadok” (هدوك) is a pronoun in Moroccan Darija meaning those (ones).
Meanings
- those (ones)
- those … (before a noun)
Usage
Hadok is the plural demonstrative for distance, used for both masculine and feminine. On its own it means "those"; before a noun with the article it means "those …": hadok lweld ("those boys"). It contrasts with hadu ("these"). Note: in the singular, the forms hadak (masculine) and hadik (feminine) can also be written هدوك depending on the spelling, but هدوك read as hadok is indeed the plural. It is also used to point something out with distance or contempt: hadok nnas.
Example
هدوك لعلاقات زوينين
hdok l3l9at zwinin
“Those hangers are nice.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hadok” but also “hadouk”, “hdok” and “8adok”. 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 “hadok” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “those ones”; “those (+ noun)”: hadok in Algerian.