hedhiki هاذيكي
Tunisian Derja · pronoun
“hedhiki” (هاذيكي) is a pronoun in Tunisian Derja meaning that one (feminine, distant).
Meanings
- that one (feminine, distant)
- that (feminine, after noun)
Usage
Hedhiki is the feminine demonstrative of distance, counterpart of hedheka (masculine) and hedhoukom (plural). It is used alone ("hedhiki okhti", that one is my sister) or after an already defined noun to refer to something known: "el bent hedhiki" (that girl). In a narrative, it is often placed after the noun to refer to something already mentioned, sometimes with a nuance of distance or disdain. The short form hedhik also exists. For something close, one says hedhi.
Example
هاذيكي أختي الكبيرة
hedhiki okhti el kbira
“That one is my big sister.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “hedhiki” but also “hadhiki”, “hadiki” and “hedheki”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.