kid كيد

Tunisian Derja · noun

“kid” (كيد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning cunning, scheming.

Meanings

1. cunning, scheming
2. malice, mean trick

Usage

Kid refers to cunning used to deceive or harm someone. It is found mostly in the proverbial expression "kid ennsa", the cunning of women, the title of folk tales and stories told on the radio. One also says "kid ennès" for people's deceitfulness in general. The word has a negative connotation and a somewhat literary or moralizing register: in everyday conversation, "7ila" (ruse) or "makr" is often preferred. Do not confuse it with the English word "kid" or with "kif" (like).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kid” but also “kayd”, “keid” and “kiid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “kid” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “spite, resentment, wish to vex”; “scheme, plot, cunning”: kid in Moroccan.