5obz خبز
Tunisian Derja · noun
“5obz” (خبز) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning bread.
Meanings
- bread
- livelihood, daily bread
Usage
5obz is the basic word for bread, present at every meal. 5obz tabouna is the traditional bread baked in a clay oven, and 5obz ta3 dar is homemade bread. For a baguette, people say baguette or 5obza; 5obza also means a loaf or a piece of bread. Figuratively, 5obz refers to one's livelihood: y9a3ed yjib fel 5obz, "he earns his living". Bread keeps an almost sacred value. People avoid throwing it away, and a piece that falls on the ground is often picked up and kissed.
Example
هات زوز خبزات من الحانوت
het zouz 5obzet mel 7anout
“Bring back two loaves of bread from the shop.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5obz” but also “khobz”, “5obez”, “5obzz” and “5obezz”. 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 “5obz” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “bread”; “livelihood, means of subsistence”: khobz in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “bread”; “livelihood, daily bread”: khobz in Algerian.