thi9a ثقة
Algerian Darja · noun
“thi9a” (ثقة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning trust, confidence.
Meanings
- trust, confidence
- reliable, trustworthy person
Usage
Thiqa (often pronounced tiqa or ti9a) means trust. The phrase thiqa f lmontouj ("trust in the product") is very widespread under videos: people put a "like" before even watching. One also says 3andi thiqa fik (I trust you). Used alone for a person, houwa thiqa means "he's someone reliable". The register is neutral. In conversation, one also often hears nthiq fik or nammen bik for "I trust you".
Example
عندي ثقة فيك بزاف
3andi thi9a fik bezzaf
“I trust you a lot.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “thi9a” but also “ti9a”, “thiqa”, “tiqa” and “thika”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “thi9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “trust, confidence”; “reliable person or thing”: ti9a in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “trust”; “reliable person”: thi9a in Tunisian.