7doud حدود

Tunisian Derja · noun

“7doud” (حدود) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning borders (of a country).

Meanings

1. borders (of a country)
2. limits
3. around, approximately (fi 7doud)

Usage

7doud is the plural of 7add, "limit". It refers to a country's borders (el 7doud el lībiya, the Libyan border) and, more broadly, to limits, including moral ones: fama 7doud (there are limits), min ghir 7doud (without limits). The phrase fi 7doud, followed by a sum, a time or a quantity, is commonly used to give an estimate: fi 7doud el miya dinar (around a hundred dinars, about a hundred dinars), fi 7doud el khamsa (around five o'clock). This use is very frequent at the market and in conversations about prices.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7doud” but also “hdoud”, “7dud”, “hdud” and “7odoud”. 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.

Type “7doud” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “border(s)”; “limits”: 7dud in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “border (between countries)”; “limits”: hdoud in Algerian.