mashhad مشهد
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mashhad” (مشهد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning scene (film, series, theatre).
Meanings
- scene (film, series, theatre)
- sight, situation witnessed
Usage
Mach-hed refers to a scene in a film, a series or a play. It is heard a lot during the month of Ramadan, when everyone comments on the TV serials. By extension, the word refers to a situation one has seen in real life, often comic or shocking. On social media, it is often written machhed or mashhad. The plural is machehed. The word comes from Standard Arabic but is well integrated into everyday speech, with a neutral register.
Example
المشهد هذا ضحّكني برشا
el machhed hedha dha77akni barcha
“This scene made me laugh a lot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mashhad” but also “mash-had”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mashhad” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “scene (film, theatre)”; “sight, spectacle”: mashhad in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “scene (in a film, series)”; “sight, spectacle”: mashhad in Algerian.