ardh ارض

Tunisian Derja · noun

“ardh” (ارض) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning land, plot.

Meanings

1. land, plot
2. ground, floor
3. the Earth (planet)

Usage

Ardh first of all means a plot of land or farmland: chra ardh (he bought a plot of land), ardh fla7iya (farmland). It also means the ground: ta7 3al ardh (he fell to the ground). For the tiled floor or the floor of a room, people more often say el 9a3a. With the article, el ardh can also mean the planet. The word is feminine: ardh kbira (a large plot of land). It is also heard in expressions about the country and attachment to the land, in a more formal register.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ardh” but also “ard” and “erdh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “ardh” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “floor, ground”; “land, plot”: ard in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “ground, floor”; “land, plot”: ard in Algerian.