7achw حشو
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7achw” (حشو) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning stuffing (culinary filling).
Meanings
- stuffing (culinary filling)
- padding, empty words
Usage
7achw first refers to the stuffing put in a dish: stuffed vegetables, stuffed chicken, brik or pastries. It is often made with minced meat, parsley, onion and egg. Figuratively, the word describes useless content used to fill space: a speech, a text or a song with no substance. One then says kalem 7achw, "filler words". This sense is rather critical. For a dental filling, the French word is more often used.
Example
تحط شويّة حشو
t7ot chweya 7achw
“You put in a bit of stuffing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7achw” but also “hachw”, “7ashw”, “7achou” and “hachou”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.