bdeya بدايه
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bdeya” (بدايه) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning beginning, start.
Meanings
- beginning, start
- from the outset
Usage
Bdeya, also pronounced bidaya, means the beginning of something: a film, a month, a relationship, a job. Typical phrases are fil bdeya ("at the beginning"), mel bdeya ("from the beginning") and bdeyet ech-chhar ("the beginning of the month"). The word also works as an adverb meaning "right away, from the start". The pronunciation bidaya, closer to standard Arabic, is mostly heard in a formal register. Its opposite is nhaya ("end"). Online, the spelling with a final h is common.
Example
فالبداية ما فهمت شي
fel bdeya ma fhemt chay
“At first I didn't understand anything.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bdeya” but also “bidaya”, “bideya”, “bdaya” and “bdeye”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.