rmed رماد
Tunisian Derja · noun
“rmed” (رماد) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning ash, residue of what has burned.
Meanings
- ash, residue of what has burned
- what little remains of anything (figurative)
Usage
Rmed refers to the ash left after a wood or charcoal fire or a cigarette. It is usually pronounced with a long vowel, "rmâd". The word is common at home, especially for the kanoun or the barbecue. Figuratively, especially in popular song and poetry, it expresses what has been consumed and destroyed: a finished love, a lost hope. The expression "nar w rmed" (fire and ash) evokes a passion or rage that ravages everything. The word is collective and used in the singular: you don't say "ashes" as in English.
Example
نظّف الكانون من الرماد قبل ما تشعل.
nadhdhaf el kanoun mel rmed 9bal ma tcha3el.
“Clean the ash out of the kanoun before lighting it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “rmed” but also “rmad”, “ramad” and “rmâd”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “rmed” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “ash, residue of what has burned”; “cigarette ash”: rmad in Moroccan.