bard برد
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bard” (برد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning cold (weather, sensation).
Meanings
- cold (weather, sensation)
- a cold (illness)
Usage
Bard means cold, whether of the weather or the physical sensation: fama bard, "it's cold", jani el bard, "I'm cold". It also means a cold (the illness), especially in the expression khdhit bard, "I caught a cold". It should not be confused with the adjective bared, "cold" (of water, of a dish), nor with the verb barred, "to cool down" or "to soothe". The Latin spelling bared is therefore ambiguous online. In barred galbek, "calm your heart", it is the verb, not the noun.
Example
الليلة برد كبير، إلبس حاجة سخونة
el lila bard kbir, elbes 7aja s5ouna
“Tonight it's very cold, put on something warm.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bard” but also “bared”, “berd”, “bred” and “barred”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.