5arita خريطة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“5arita” (خريطة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning map, city plan.
Meanings
- map, city plan
- roadmap (figurative)
Usage
5arita means a geographical map or a city plan. The word comes from Standard Arabic but is well established in Tunisia: it appears in school textbooks and is heard in the media. Figuratively, "5aritat ettri9" (the roadmap) is very common in political vocabulary. In everyday conversation, many Tunisians also say "carte" in the French way, especially for a road map or a navigation app. The plural is "5arayet".
Example
طلّع الخريطة نشوفو الطريق
talla3 el 5arita nchoufou ettri9
“Take out the map so we can look at the route.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5arita” but also “kharita”, “5ari6a” and “kharyta”. 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; 6 is emphatic ta (ط).
Type “5arita” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “map, plan”: kharita in Moroccan.