How to say “exile” in Darija
In Algerian, you say “ghorba”; in Tunisian, “ghorba”.
In Algerian Darja
ghorba الغربة
A noun meaning “exile, life abroad”; “abroad (the country of emigration)”; “homesickness, uprootedness”.
عشرين عام وهو في الغربة، وحشو بلادو.: “He has been abroad for twenty years, and he misses his country.”
In Tunisian Derja
ghorba غربة
A noun meaning “life abroad, expatriation”; “feeling of estrangement, loneliness”.
عرب في اوروبا 2011 : كيفاش تشوفوا العيشة فال غربة ؟: “Arabs in Europe 2011: how do you see life abroad?”