hdiya هدية
Moroccan Darija · noun
“hdiya” (هدية) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning gift, present.
Meanings
- gift, present
- calm, quiet (feminine)
Usage
Two words are written the same way in Arabic. The first, hdiya or hadiya, is the common word for a gift, given at a celebration, on returning from a trip or at a birth. For example: "jab lih hdiya" (he brought him a gift). The second, hadya, is the feminine of the adjective hadi (calm). It describes a peaceful place, person or situation: "blassa hadya" (a quiet place). Arabic script does not distinguish them. Context decides: if the word accompanies a feminine noun that it describes, it is the adjective.
Example
ڭاع ماوجدنا ليه شي هدية
ga3 mawjdna lih chi hadiya
“We haven't prepared any gift for him at all.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hdiya” but also “hadiya”, “hadya”, “hdia” and “hdya”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “hdiya” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “gift, present”; “donation, item given free”: hdiya in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “gift, present”: hdia in Tunisian.