skhoun سخون
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“skhoun” (سخون) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning hot.
Meanings
- hot
- hot-blooded, short-tempered
Usage
Skhoun is the usual adjective for "hot". It is used for a drink, a dish, water, the weather or an object: el mé skhoun, nhar skhoun. The feminine is skhouna and the plural is skhounin. It is the opposite of bérd, "cold". For fever, the noun skhana is used instead: fih skhana, "he has a fever". The expression dammou skhoun, literally "his blood is hot", describes an impulsive person who quickly loses their temper. Note: in derja, skhoun is not used with a sexual meaning.
Example
رد بالك، التاي سخون برشة.
redd belek, ettey skhoun barcha.
“Be careful, the tea is very hot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “skhoun” but also “s5oun”, “skhon” and “sekhoun”. 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 “skhoun” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “hot (temperature, object, liquid)”; “warm (clothing, blanket)”: skhoun in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “hot, scalding”; “feverish (person)”: skhoun in Algerian.