jebda جبدة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jebda” (جبدة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning pull, tug.
Meanings
- pull, tug
- blow-dry (at the hairdresser)
Usage
Jebda is the action noun of the verb jbed (to pull). It refers to a movement in which something is pulled all at once: a rope, a drawer, a sleeve. At the hairdresser's, the word commonly means a blow-dry, because the hair is pulled with the brush to straighten it. So people say "ghasla w jebda" for a shampoo followed by a blow-dry. The register is informal and everyday. The noun is often used with a number: "jebda we7da" means a single pull. Be careful not to confuse it with jabda or jebba, which are other words.
Example
عملت غسلة وجبدة عند الكوافورة
3malt ghasla w jebda 3and el coiffeuse
“I had a shampoo and a blow-dry at the hairdresser's.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jebda” but also “jabda”, “jbda” and “jebdaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jebda” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “pull, a single tug”; “long stretch, long haul”: jebda in Algerian.