wa7chi وحشي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“wa7chi” (وحشي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning brutal, violent.
Meanings
- brutal, violent
- wild (animal)
- cruel, merciless
Usage
Wa7chi describes something excessively violent or not domesticated. The word is very common in sports commentary: "tadakhol wa7chi" refers to a brutal tackle. It is also used for cruel behavior or an attack. With animals, it means "wild": "7mar wa7chi", literally "wild donkey", is the zebra. The feminine is wa7chia and the plural wa7chiyin. Pitfall: the same spelling can be read wa7chi, "my longing, my missing", a noun derived from wa7ch, as in "twa7achtek", "I missed you".
Example
اللاعب عمل تدخل وحشي وخذا كارطة حمراء.
el la3eb 3mal tadakhol wa7chi w khdha karta 7amra.
“The player made a brutal tackle and got a red card.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wa7chi” but also “wahchi”, “wa7ch”, “wahshi” and “ouahchi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “wa7chi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wild, ferocious (animal)”; “cruel, brutal (person, act)”: w7chi in Moroccan.