dh7ak ضحك
Tunisian Derja · verb
“dh7ak” (ضحك) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to laugh.
Meanings
- to laugh
- laughter (noun)
Usage
Dh7ak (imperfect yedh7ak) means "to laugh". The noun dh7ek, or dho7k, means laughter. One laughs at someone or something with 3la: dh7ak 3liya ("he made fun of me"). The form dha77ek means "to make laugh", hence mdha77ek, "funny". The expression dh7ak men galbou means "to laugh heartily". The emphatic consonant dh is often written th, d or dh in arabizi, hence very varied spellings.
Example
نغزر ال روحي ونضحك
noughzer el ro7i wnath7ak
“I look at myself and I laugh.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dh7ak” but also “dha7ek”, “d7ak”, “dho7k” and “dha7ik”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “dh7ak” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to laugh”; “to mock someone (d7ek 3la)”: d7ek in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to laugh”; “to mock (with 3la)”: dhak in Algerian.