mokh مخ
Tunisian Derja · noun
“mokh” (مخ) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning brain; head.
Meanings
- brain; head
- intelligence, wits
- brains (food); marrow
Usage
Mokh means the brain in the literal sense and, by extension, the head and intelligence. You say "ma 3andouch mokh" (he has no brains) and "kla mokhi" (he did my head in, he got on my nerves). The expression "7ott mokhek" means "think carefully". In cooking, the word means lamb brains, and "mokh el 3dham" means bone marrow. The plural is "mkhakh". With a suffix, the consonant is often doubled in writing: mo55i, mokhi.
Example
تحت شعري عندي مخي جبّار ,
ta7t cha3ri 3andi mokhi jabbar ,
“Under my hair, I've got a formidable brain.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mokh” but also “mo5”, “mo55”, “mokhi” and “mukh”. 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.
Type “mokh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “brain”; “marrow (of bones)”: mokh in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “brain”; “genius, very smart person”: mokh in Algerian.