3id esghir العيد الصغير
Tunisian Derja · noun
“3id esghir” (العيد الصغير) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning feast ending Ramadan.
Meanings
- feast ending Ramadan
Usage
El 3id esghir, literally "the small feast", refers in Tunisia to Eid al-Fitr, the feast that marks the end of Ramadan. It contrasts with el 3id el kbir, "the big feast", that is, Eid al-Adha. It is the most common name in everyday life, more so than the standard term. People wish each other a happy feast with "3idkom mabrouk" or "sa77a 3idkom". Family visits, children's new clothes and pastries such as makroudh and ka3k are associated with it. The verb "n3ayed" means to visit someone for the feast.
Example
في العيد الصغير نمشيو نعيّدو على العايلة.
fel 3id esghir nemchiw n3aydou 3al 3ayla.
“At Eid al-Fitr, we go to visit the family.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3id esghir” but also “aid sghir”, “3id sghir” and “aid essghir”. 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 “3id esghir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “festival marking the end of Ramadan”: l3id sghir in Moroccan.