5otta خطة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“5otta” (خطة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning plan, strategy.
Meanings
- plan, strategy
- post, position (administration)
Usage
5otta means a plan or strategy: 5ottet 3amal, "action plan"; 3amel 5otta, "he has a plan". It is found in politics, in football (a team's tactics) or in everyday life, often with the idea of a prepared maneuver. In Tunisian administrative language, 5otta also means "post" or "position": 5otta wadhifiya, "functional post". This sense appears in appointments and competitive exams. For an urban plan or a map, other words are used, often the French "plan". The register is fairly neutral or formal.
Example
او فال خطّة سياسية تحطّوا هو بيدق ,
ou fil 5otta siyesiye t7ottou houwa bayda9 ,
“Or else, in a political scheme, you place him as a mere pawn.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “5otta” but also “khotta”, “5outta”, “khoutta” and “5otaa”. 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 “5otta” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “plan, strategy”; “scheme, plot”: khota in Moroccan.