farda فردة

Tunisian Derja · noun

“farda” (فردة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning one of a pair (shoe, sock).

Meanings

1. one of a pair (shoe, sock)

Usage

Farda means one of the two items in a pair: a shoe, a sock, an earring. You say "farda sabbat" (one shoe) or "l farda lokhra" (the other one). The proverbial expression "farda w l9at okhtha" (a shoe that found its twin) is said of two very similar people, often ironically, like "birds of a feather flock together". The plural is "fardet". Do not confuse it with "fard", which means a religious duty.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “farda” but also “fardet”, “fardaa” and “frda”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “farda” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “one item of a pair”; “single shoe or sock”: ferda in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “one item of a pair (shoe, sock)”; “one's match, counterpart (in the expression)”: ferda in Algerian.

How to say “one of a pair” in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian