3odhw عضو
Tunisian Derja · noun
“3odhw” (عضو) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning member (of a group, association).
Meanings
- member (of a group, association)
- organ (of the body)
Usage
3odhw, plural a3dha, primarily means a member of a club, party, board or association: 3odhw fil jam3iya, 3odhw fil parlement. The word comes from Standard Arabic and belongs to a fairly neutral or administrative register, but it is in common use. It is also found in medical language, in the sense of organ: tabarro3 bel a3dha (organ donation). Among family or friends, people more readily use the word membre pronounced in the French way.
Example
ولدي ولّى عضو في الجمعية متاع الحومة.
weldi walla 3odhw fil jam3iya mta3 el 7ouma.
“My son became a member of the neighbourhood association.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3odhw” but also “3odw”, “3odhou” and “3edhw”. 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 “3odhw” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “member (of a group)”; “organ”: 3odw in Moroccan.