mashhad مشهد
Moroccan Darija · noun
“mashhad” (مشهد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning scene (film, theatre).
Meanings
- scene (film, theatre)
- sight, spectacle
Usage
Mashhad belongs to a rather polished register. It is heard mostly about cinema, series or television: had lmashhad zwin, "this scene is beautiful". It is also used for a situation seen in real life, striking or moving: chi mashhad ma ytnsach, "an unforgettable scene". The plural is machahid. In casual conversation, many speakers use the French "scène" or phrases like chuft wahed lhaja, "I saw something". For a landscape, mandar is used instead.
Example
هاد المشهد ديال الفيلم بكّاني
had lmashhad dyal lfilm bkkani
“This scene from the film made me cry.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mashhad” but also “mash8ad”, “mshhed” and “mach8ad”. 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 “mashhad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “scene (in a film, series)”; “sight, spectacle”: mashhad in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “scene (film, series, theatre)”; “sight, situation witnessed”: mashhad in Tunisian.