jehez جاهز
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“jehez” (جاهز) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning ready, prepared.
Meanings
- ready, prepared
- ready-made, already made
Usage
Jehez is very commonly used to say that a person or thing is ready. It agrees: jehza in the feminine, jehzin in the plural. It is often built with l: “jehez lel imti7en” (ready for the exam). As a question, “jehez?” is enough to ask whether it's time to leave. Applied to an object or a dish, it takes the sense of “all ready”, “already made”, for example for ready-to-wear clothes or a bought meal. The word belongs to the everyday register and carries no pejorative nuance. An English speaker can use it wherever they would say “ready”.
Example
إستنّاني شويّة، مازلت موش جاهز.
Estanneni chwaya, mazelt moch jehez.
“Wait for me a bit, I'm not ready yet.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jehez” but also “jehiz”, “jahez” and “jehz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.