ma7zouz محظوظ
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“ma7zouz” (محظوظ) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning lucky, fortunate.
Meanings
- lucky, fortunate
Usage
Ma7dhouth (feminine ma7dhoutha) means "lucky". It comes from standard Arabic but is common in speech: "9addech ma7dhouth !" (how lucky you are!). It is also used in sport for a team that lands in an easy group or wins without deserving it. In daily life, one also hears "mazhar" or "3andou zhar" (he is lucky), which are more informal and more typically Tunisian. The opposite is "mech ma7dhouth" or, informally, "menn7ous". The word agrees in number: ma7dhouthin in the plural.
Example
قداش إنت محظوظ، لقيت خدمة من أول مرة.
9addech enti ma7dhouth, l9it khedma men awel marra.
“How lucky you are, you found a job on the first try.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ma7zouz” but also “ma7dhoudh”. 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.