nadi نادي

Tunisian Derja · noun

“nadi” (نادي) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning club (sports, association).

Meanings

1. club (sports, association)
2. circle, meeting place

Usage

The word nadi, often pronounced nèdi, means a club, especially a sports or community one. It appears in the official names of teams, such as "ennadi el ifri9i" (Club Africain) or "ennadi essfa9si", as well as in the press and in administrative language. In everyday conversation, many Tunisians say "club" or "l'club" instead, borrowed from French. Nadi keeps a slightly more polished register. It is also used for school or cultural clubs ("nadi el masra7", the drama club). Plural: nwedi.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nadi” but also “nèdi”, “nedi”, “ennadi” and “ennèdi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “nadi” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “excellent, great”; “skilled, very good (person)”: nadi in Moroccan.