hadra هدرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“hadra” (هدرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning words, talk, what is said.
Meanings
- words, talk, what is said
- chatter, discussion
Usage
Hadra is the common noun for "what is said". It comes from the verb hdar, "to speak", which is more common in some regions and in the countryside. Elsewhere, the noun klem and the verb tkallem are used instead. Hadra appears in expressions that judge what others say: hadra zayda ("needless words, blah-blah"), hadra fargha ("empty words"). Hadra mte3ek means "what you say". The word is informal and often appears in online comments. Careful: it has no connection with the hadra, a Sufi ceremony, which has the same form but a different meaning.
Example
هاذي الكل هدرة فارغة، ما فيها حتى معنى.
hedhi el kol hadra fargha, ma fiha hatta ma3na.
“It's all empty talk, it doesn't even make sense.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hadra” but also “hadhra” and “hedra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “hadra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “words, talk”; “language, way of speaking, dialect”: hedra in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “words, remarks, speech”; “conversation, discussion”: hadra in Algerian.