l7did لحديد

Tunisian Derja · noun

“l7did” (لحديد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning weight training (in drab l7did).

Meanings

1. weight training (in drab l7did)
2. iron, scrap metal

Usage

L7did is the spoken form of el-hdid, "the iron", with the article attached to the noun. Literally, it means the metal or scrap iron. In the very common expression "drab l7did", literally "hit the iron", it means "to do weight training, lift weights". A young man who "yodhrob l7did" goes to the gym. The word is colloquial and very widespread among young people. The expression should not be understood as meaning forging.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “l7did” but also “lhdid” and “lehdid”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.

Type “l7did” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “iron, metal”; “weightlifting”: l7did in Moroccan.