kdha كذا
Tunisian Derja · expression
“kdha” (كذا) is an expression in Tunisian Derja meaning etcetera, and so on.
Meanings
- etcetera, and so on
- and a bit, or so
- like this, so
Usage
Kdha is used mainly in the phrase "w kdha", placed at the end of a list to mean "and all that" or "etc.": "7ob w kdha" (love and all that). After a duration or quantity, it indicates an approximation: "chhar w kdha" (a month or so). "Kdha w kdha" means "this and that" and is used to report speech without giving the details. The register is informal and very common in speech. Here the word does not have the literary value it has in standard Arabic.
Example
قعدت غادي شهر و كذا
9a3adt ghadi chhar w kdha
“I stayed there for a month or so.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kdha” but also “kda”, “kidha”, “kadha” and “kdhe”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.