wa7da وحدة
Tunisian Derja · numeral
“wa7da” (وحدة) is a numeral in Tunisian Derja meaning one (feminine numeral and pronoun).
Meanings
- one (feminine numeral and pronoun)
- being alone, solitude
- unity
Usage
Wa7da is the feminine of wa7ed ("one"). It is used as a numeral (wa7da bark, "just one") and above all as a pronoun for a feminine object or person: warrini wa7da o5ra ("show me another one"), wa7da men s7abi ("a friend of mine"). After a noun, it means "just one": karhba wa7da. Pronounced wa7da or we7da, the same word also means solitude (n7ess bel wa7da, "I feel lonely"). The sense "unity", for example in a military unit or national unity, belongs to a more formal register.
Example
ما عجبتنيش هاذي، وريني وحدة أخرى.
ma 3ejbetnich hedhi, warrini wa7da o5ra.
“I don't like this one, show me another one.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wa7da” but also “wahda”, “we7da”, “wehda”, “wa7de” and “wahde”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find وحدة and وحدى, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “wa7da” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “one (feminine)”; “loneliness”: wehda in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “one (feminine numeral)”; “a woman, a girl”: wahda in Algerian.