3oud عود
Tunisian Derja · noun
“3oud” (عود) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning horse.
Meanings
- horse
- stick, piece of wood
- oud (Arabic lute)
Usage
In Tunisia, 3awd commonly means "horse"; the word ħsan also exists but is more literary. Pronounced 3oud, the same word means "stick" or "piece of wood". It appears in "3oud qronfol", a clove, and in "3oud sebbrika", a match. Finally, it refers to the oud, the Middle Eastern lute, which one "plays" (yod'rob 3al 3oud). It is therefore context that decides between these meanings. The "horse" sense is very frequent in speech.
Example
ركب على العود و مشى
rkeb 3al 3awd w mcha
“He got on the horse and left.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “3oud” but also “3awd”, “3aoud”, “oud” and “3ewd”. 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 “3oud” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “horse”; “oud (lute)”: 3awd in Moroccan.