3awedh عوض

Tunisian Derja · verb

“3awedh” (عوض) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to replace something or someone.

Meanings

1. to replace something or someone
2. to compensate, make amends
3. to make up for (lost time)

Usage

The verb 3awwedh means to replace a lost or broken object, or to take someone's place: 3awwedhni fel khedma (he replaced me at work). It is also used for compensation: 3awwedhlou el khsara (he compensated him for the loss). The noun 3oudh appears in the very common phrase fi 3oudh, "instead of", followed by a noun or a verb: fi 3oudh ma te9ra'ed, ekhdem (instead of sitting there, work). Not to be confused with 3awed, "to redo, repeat", which is pronounced without the final emphatic sound.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3awedh” but also “3awadh”, “3awwedh” and “3awad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.

Type “3awedh” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to compensate, make up for losses”; “to replace someone or something”: 3awwed in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to compensate, make up for”; “to replace”: 3awedh in Algerian.