dhmir ضمير
Tunisian Derja · noun
“dhmir” (ضمير) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning conscience, moral sense.
Meanings
- conscience, moral sense
- pronoun (grammar)
Usage
Dhmir means conscience, the sense of right and wrong. The most common expression is ma 3andouch dhmir ("he has no conscience"), said of someone dishonest or insensitive. People also say dhmirou mertah ("his conscience is at rest") and dhmir en-nes mat ("people's conscience is dead"), to lament general indifference. The word comes from formal vocabulary but is fully part of everyday speech. At school it also means the grammatical pronoun. This second meaning is rare in conversation.
Example
هاك الطبيب ما عندوش ضمير.
hak et-tbib ma 3andouch dhmir.
“That doctor has no conscience at all.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dhmir” but also “dhamir” and “dmir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dhmir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “conscience, moral sense”; “pronoun (grammar)”: damir in Moroccan.