a5dher اخضر
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“a5dher” (اخضر) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning green (colour).
Meanings
- green (colour)
- green, unripe (fruit)
Usage
A5dher is the common adjective for the colour green. It agrees in gender and number: a5dher (masculine), 5adhra (feminine), 5odhr (plural). It is placed after the noun: tay a5dher (green tea), 9ar3 a5dher (zucchini). For fruit, it also means "not yet ripe". The word of the same family, 5odhra, means vegetables. To specify a shade, fete7 (light) or ghame9 (dark) is added. As with other colours, the feminine must agree: one says chlada 5adhra and not chlada a5dher.
Example
نحب التاي الأخضر بالنعناع.
n7eb ettay el a5dher bel ne3na3.
“I like green tea with mint.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “a5dher” but also “akhdher”, “a5dhar”, “akhdar” and “5adhra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.