ddi

[cheb5alid]

Can someone type ddi (didi) in Arabic please? I'm trying to figure out how it's written in Arabic, and what's this word's origin: does it come from formal Arabic? I know it means "take", but I already know that "take" is "khod".. so do "didi" and "khod" mean the same thing?


Thanks.

[RaiRai]

I think the meaning is the same
khod is in "classical" arabic while eddi is in dardja

[RaiRai]

there is no rule in how you should write eddi cuz its a dardja word and we dont write in dardja, for example in schools they dont write eddi they write akhada

[cheb5alid]

I see RaiRai, thanks.
I was just a little bit confused since in the Egyptian dialect "eddi" is "give" which is exactly the opposite of "take".



bqa 3la 5eer

[Algerian_In_Coventry]

hi guys
I hope u r all doing well with ramadan

didi is not actually an arabic word it is just commenly used
(i dont know its origin) it means Khoud Khoud (doubled)
that is Take Take
issam

[cheb5alid]

I see... at first I thought it's the same one used in Egyptian Arabic (eddi), so I was thinking didi is "give give" and not "take take". Thanks for the info

[netmen2000]

Hi @,

I think "DI" (or DIH, DIHA, DIHOUM,..) means to take somebody or something somewhere at hand (=yed in Arabic)... [YEDIH=his hand; YEDIHA=her hand, YEDIHOUM=their hand...]; in other words to accompany [or go with] sb somewhere..

Else you say "KHOUD" = to take something (not somebody); to serve oneself to sth; to make use of sth... That's just the "Darja" (or Dardja) :-)

e.g:

DINI MAÂK FIN MA M'CHIT YA L'GHZAL, DINI MAÂK
=MY beauty, Take me with you everywhere you go..

That will confuse you more if you use it in Egyptian Arabic!

That's only a supposition.
Peace,
netmen2000