tahdid تهديد
Moroccan Darija · noun
“tahdid” (تهديد) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning threat.
Meanings
- threat
- intimidation
Usage
Tahdid, often pronounced thdid, comes from the standard register. It is used mainly for serious threats, on the radio, in the press or when talking about the law: tahdid b l-qtel (death threat). In everyday conversation, the verb hedded (to threaten) is often preferred: hedded-ni. The plural is tahdidat. For a simple friendly warning, this word is not used, as it remains strong.
Example
توصّل بتهديد فالتيليفون
twessel b tahdid f t-tilifun
“He received a threat over the phone.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tahdid” but also “thdid”, “tehdid” and “t8did”. 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.