5adhar خضار
Tunisian Derja · noun
“5adhar” (خضار) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning greengrocer, produce seller.
Meanings
- greengrocer, produce seller
Usage
5adhar refers to the fruit and vegetable seller, whether he keeps a shop ("7anout 5adhar") or a market stall. The word is formed from 5odhra, which means "vegetables". The pitfall is confusing it with the word for the vegetables themselves: to say "buy vegetables", use 5odhra, not 5adhar. The trade is very present in neighbourhood life. People often say "mchit lel 5adhar" to mean "I went to the greengrocer's".
Example
الخضار متاع الحومة يبيع طماطم باهية
el 5adhar mta3 el 7ouma ybi3 tmatem behya
“The neighbourhood greengrocer sells good tomatoes.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5adhar” but also “khadhar”, “5adar” and “khadar”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.
Type “5adhar” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “greengrocer, vegetable seller”: kheddar in Moroccan.