9odra قدرة

Tunisian Derja · noun

“9odra” (قدرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning capacity, ability.

Meanings

1. capacity, ability
2. power (of God)

Usage

9odra means the ability to do something, or the capacity of a machine or a company (9odret el intéj, "production capacity"). The word belongs to a somewhat formal register, close to Standard Arabic. In everyday speech, ability is more often expressed with the verb nejjem ("to be able"). The expression 9odret rabbi, "the power of God", is very common for resigning oneself to fate or expressing wonder. The form 9odret appears before a complement, because the final t is pronounced in the construct state.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “9odra” but also “qodra”, “9odret”, “kodra” and “9odrat”. 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.

Type “9odra” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “ability, capacity”; “power (of God)”: 9odra in Moroccan.