m7doud محدود
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“m7doud” (محدود) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning limited, restricted.
Meanings
- limited, restricted
- reserved, not sociable
- narrow-minded, dim
Usage
M7doud first means "limited": restricted places, means, numbers or time, as in lblayes m7doudin (places are limited). Applied to a person, it takes two figurative senses. It can describe someone reserved who speaks little, even with close ones; it is then often constructed with "m3a". It can also describe someone narrow-minded or of limited abilities, as in fhamto m7doud, and in that case it carries a pejorative nuance. Context lets you choose between these senses. It should not be confused with mo7addad, which means "precise".
Example
البلايص محدودين، خصك تسجل دابا
lblayes m7doudin, khassek tsejjel daba
“Places are limited, you have to register now.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m7doud” but also “m7dod”, “ma7doud” and “mahdoud”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “m7doud” on the Arabic keyboard
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “limited, restricted”; “of limited ability (person)”: ma7doud in Tunisian.