tetyah تطياح
Algerian Darja · noun
“tetyah” (تطياح) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning belittling, humiliation.
Meanings
- belittling, humiliation
- act of making something fall
Usage
Tetyah is the verbal noun of teyyah, "to make fall". Figuratively, and very commonly, it refers to belittling, humiliating or disparaging someone, often in public. The fixed expression tetyah el qadr means "an attack on one's dignity". An attitude or situation can be called tetyah, meaning "it's humiliating, it's degrading". The word can also refer to hurtful words, as the reference definition indicates. The word itself is not vulgar. The register is informal.
Example
هادا تطياح للقدر، ما نقبلوش
hada tetyah lel 9adr, ma n9eblouch
“This is an affront to dignity, we won't accept it.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tetyah” but also “titya7”, “tatya7”, “tetya7” and “tatyah”. 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.