tajriba تجربة
Algerian Darja · noun
“tajriba” (تجربة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning lived experience.
Meanings
- lived experience
- trial, attempt
Usage
Tajriba means a lived experience or a trial. The most common phrases are 3la tajriba ("from experience, knowing what I'm talking about") and 3andou tajriba ("he has experience"). It is also used in the sense of an attempt: dir tajriba, "give it a try". The word comes from Standard Arabic but is fully part of everyday speech, in a neutral register. The plural is tajarib. In professional contexts, people often use the French word "expérience" instead, pronounced the Algerian way.
Example
نقولهالك على تجربة، ما تشريش منو
n9olhalek 3la tajriba, ma tchrich mennou
“I'm telling you from experience: don't buy it from him.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tajriba” but also “tejriba”, “tadjriba” and “tajreba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “tajriba” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “experience, know-how”; “trial, attempt”: tajriba in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “acquired experience, know-how”; “trial, test”: tajrba in Tunisian.