bared بارد
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“bared” (بارد) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning cold, cool.
Meanings
- cold, cool
- unfunny, flat (humor)
- phlegmatic, unflappable
Usage
Bared means "cold" for water, food or weather. The feminine and plural forms are barda and bardin. To say "I'm cold", it is not used: you say "bardane". Applied to a person or a joke, bared means "unfunny, dull". A "nokta barda" is thus a joke that falls flat. The expression "dammou bared" translates literally as "his blood is cold". It describes someone unflappable who doesn't get angry, and can be a compliment or a reproach, depending on the context.
Example
نحبّ كاس ماء بارد
n7eb kes me bared
“I'd like a glass of cold water.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bared” but also “bard”, “baared” and “bered”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bared” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “cold (weather, object, water)”; “cool, chilled (drink)”: bard in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “cold, cool”; “unfunny, dull (joke, person)”: bared in Algerian.