tarikh تاريخ
Algerian Darja · noun
“tarikh” (تاريخ) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning history (the past, the subject).
Meanings
- history (the past, the subject)
- date
Usage
Tarikh means history, whether the past of a country or the school subject. It appears in phrases such as "tarikh ed-dzayer" ("the history of Algeria") or "fi tarikh" ("in all of history"). It also means "date", for example on a document or for an expiry date. Pitfall for an English speaker: tarikh does not mean a story in the sense of a tale or anecdote. For that, say hkaya, qissa or hadra instead.
Example
نحب نقرا التاريخ بزاف.
Nhebb neqra tarikh bezzaf.
“I really like studying history.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tarikh” but also “tari5” and “tarekh”. 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 “tarikh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “date (specific day)”; “history (past, subject)”: tarikh in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “history (the past, the subject)”; “date”: tarikh in Tunisian.