mehmoum مهموم
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mehmoum” (مهموم) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning worried, preoccupied.
Meanings
- worried, preoccupied
- weighed down by worries, downcast
Usage
An adjective derived from hemm, "worry", very common in darija for someone who keeps brooding over their problems: debts, family, work. It expresses an anxiety that lasts longer than a passing fear, and is often used with dima ("always") or with m3a for the cause of the worry: mehmoum m3a lcredit. The feminine is mehmouma, the plural mehmoumin. A close synonym is mqelleq, which is more formal. To console someone, people readily say ma tbqach mehmoum, "don't worry".
Example
راه راجلي مهموم مع الكريديت
rah rajli mehmoum m3a lcredit
“My husband is worried because of the loan.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mehmoum” but also “mhmoum”, “m8moum”, “mahmoum” and “m8mom”. 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.