9did قديد
Tunisian Derja · noun
“9did” (قديد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning salted, dried meat.
Meanings
- salted, dried meat
- dried meat preserved in fat
Usage
Qdid refers to meat, often mutton, cut into strips, salted, spiced, then dried in the sun. It is traditionally prepared after Eid el-Kebir to preserve part of the sacrificial meat, then kept in fat or oil. It is used to flavour dishes such as couscous, chorba or certain sauces. The word evokes home and rural cooking. Do not confuse it with cold cuts: it is preserved meat meant to be cooked.
Example
أمي حطت شوية قديد في الكسكسي.
ommi 7attet chwaya 9did fel kosksi.
“My mother put a little dried meat in the couscous.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9did” but also “gdid”, “kdid”, “qdid” and “qadid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.