ma5ouz ماخوذ
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“ma5ouz” (ماخوذ) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning taken, taken from.
Meanings
- taken, taken from
- taken, occupied
- bewitched, smitten
Usage
Ma5ouz is the passive participle of 5dha, "to take". It means "taken" in the concrete sense: a ma5ouza seat is occupied, a ma5ouza person is not free. It is also used to say something is drawn from a source: ma5ouz men, "taken from, borrowed from". In colloquial language, it can describe someone as bewitched, captivated, or madly in love. The feminine is ma5ouza. Context distinguishes these senses. This Tunisian Arabic word corresponds to the ma'khudh of standard Arabic.
Example
الكرسي هذا ماخوذ؟
el korsi hedha ma5ouz ?
“Is this chair taken?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma5ouz” but also “me5ouz”, “makhouz”, “ma5oudh” and “makhoudh”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 5 is kha (خ), like the ch in Scottish loch.