7achwa حشوة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7achwa” (حشوة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning stuffing, filling (cooking).
Meanings
- stuffing, filling (cooking)
- dental filling
Usage
In cooking, 7achwa refers to the stuffing used to fill a dish. One speaks of the 7achwa of 3osben, dolma, peppers, or tajines. The word refers both to the prepared mixture and to the content once cooked. It comes from the verb 7cha, ye7chi, "to stuff, to pack". At the dentist's, it also means a filling. Do not confuse it with the English sense of "farce" as a joke, which does not exist here.
Example
حشوة العصبان فيها اللحم والمعدنوس
el 7achwa mta3 el 3osben fiha l7am w ma3dnous
“The stuffing of the osban contains meat and parsley.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7achwa” but also “hachwa”, “7ashwa”, “hashwa” and “7achoua”. 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.