5edma خدمة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“5edma” (خدمة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning work, job.
Meanings
- work, job
- workplace
- favour, service done
Usage
5edma is the usual word for work, whether a job (yfarech 3la 5edma, "he is looking for work") or a task to be done (3andi barcha 5edma, "I have a lot of work"). It also means the workplace: mechi lel 5edma, "I'm going to work". The related verb is 5dem, "to work". The sense "favour done" belongs to a more formal register. Online, the spellings 5edma and 5adma dominate; 5azma is a loose spelling.
Example
تكون عنده خدمة قخة باش نعيشوا لاباس بجاه ربّي
tkoun 3ndo 5edma 9a5a bech n3icho lbs bijeh rabi
“May he have a good job so that we can live well, God willing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5edma” but also “5adma”, “khedma” and “khidma”. 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 “5edma” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “work, job”; “workplace”: khdma in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “work, job”; “piece of work, job done”: khedma in Algerian.