7ob حب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7ob” (حب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning love.
Meanings
- love
- seeds, grains (in compounds)
Usage
Pronounced 7obb, the noun means love, romantic or affectionate: 7obbi, "my love," is used as a term of endearment. The same Arabic spelling can also be read as the verb 7abb, y7ebb, which means both "to love" and, very often, "to want": y7ebb ymchi means "he wants to leave." Learners should remember this second sense, which is more frequent than the first in conversation. Pronounced 7abb, the word means seeds. It appears in names of plants or fruits, such as 7abb el mlouk, "cherries," or 7abb er-rchéd, "garden cress."
Example
هاذا الصباح متاع حبنا
hedha essbe7 mte3 7obbna
“This is the morning of our love.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ob” but also “7obb”, “7ab”, “hob”, “7oub” and “hab”. 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 “7ob” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “love”; “grains, seeds”: 7ob in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to want”; “to love, to like”: 7ab in Algerian.