jdida جديدة
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“jdida” (جديدة) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning new, brand-new (feminine).
Meanings
- new, brand-new (feminine)
Usage
Jdida is the feminine of jdid, "new". Tunisian pronunciation drops the first vowel: it is jdida, not jadida. The adjective comes after the noun: karhba jdida, "a new car", 7ajja jdida, "something new". The same word covers "brand-new", meaning never used, and "new", meaning recent or different. The plural is jdod. The register is common and neutral.
Example
شريت كرهبة جديدة
chrit karhba jdida
“I bought a new car.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jdida” but also “jdidaa”, “jdyda”, “jadida” and “jdidé”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jdida” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “new (feminine of jdid)”; “brand-new, never used”: jdida in Algerian.