mouhem مهم
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mouhem” (مهم) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning important, essential.
Meanings
- important, essential
- the main thing, anyway (el mouhem)
Usage
Mouhem means "important". "Mouch mouhem" is very common and means "never mind, it doesn't matter". "El mouhem" is used to refocus a story or to wrap up, like "anyway" or "the main thing is that…". "Mouhem barcha" means "very important". The feminine is mouhemma. The word belongs to all registers. The spelling "maham" found in sources does not match the usual Tunisian pronunciation, which is mouhem.
Example
مهم برشا تجي بكري غدوة.
mouhem barcha tji bekri ghodwa.
“It's very important that you come early tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mouhem” but also “mohem”, “muhim”, “mouhim”, “mohim” and “maham”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mouhem” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “important”; “essential, crucial”: mohim in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “important, essential”; “anyway; the main thing (el mohim)”: mohim in Algerian.