mardoud مردود

Tunisian Derja · noun

“mardoud” (مردود) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning performance, output.

Meanings

1. performance, output
2. rejected, sent back (words)

Usage

As a noun, mardoud refers to the output or performance of someone or something: a footballer's play, an employee's work, the yield of a piece of land. It is often heard in sports commentary, for example mardoud el la3ib, the player's performance. As an adjective, it means rejected or sent back, especially in the expression kalamek mardoud 3lik, literally "your word is returned to you", used to throw an accusation or insult back at its author. The register is everyday, slightly formal in the first sense, which comes from media vocabulary.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

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

Type “mardoud” on the Arabic keyboard