khod خد
Moroccan Darija · verb
“khod” (خد) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning take! (imperative).
Meanings
- take! (imperative)
- to take; to marry (past tense)
- cheek (noun, khedd)
Usage
Depending on the pronunciation, this spelling covers several words. The most frequent is khod, the imperative of "to take": hak, khod (here, take it). The feminine is khodi and the plural is khodo. In the past tense, khda (he took) can also mean "to marry": khda bent 3mmo (he married his cousin). Pronounced khedd, with the final consonant doubled, the same word means "cheek". Context resolves the ambiguity. It is mostly useful to remember the association with hak in everyday exchanges.
Example
هاك خد القائمة
hak khod l9a2ima
“Here, take the menu.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “khod” but also “5od”, “khud” and “khd”. 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.