5ebra خبرة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“5ebra” (خبرة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning experience, acquired know-how.
Meanings
- experience, acquired know-how
- life experience, maturity
Usage
5ebra refers to knowledge acquired through practice, in a trade as well as in life. It is used mostly with "3and": "3andou 5ebra" (he has experience), "ma 3andouch 5ebra" (he lacks experience). "5ebra fi denya" or "5ebra fil 7ayet" refers to maturity and knowledge of people. "Sa7eb 5ebra" refers to an experienced person. The word is common to Tunisian and Standard Arabic and is used in all registers, from the most casual to the most formal. It is not used for the notion of a scientific experiment.
Example
عندو خبرة كبيرة في الميكانيك
3andou 5ebra kbira fil mécanique
“He has a lot of experience in mechanics.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5ebra” but also “5ibra”, “khebra” and “khibra”. 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 “5ebra” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “experience, know-how”: khibra in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “experience (professional), know-how”; “expert assessment (technical, judicial)”: khebra in Algerian.