7ajm حجم
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7ajm” (حجم) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning size, format.
Meanings
- size, format
- volume
- extent, magnitude
Usage
7ajm means the size or format of an object, for example a drink, a package or a dish: akbar 7ajm, "the largest size". It is also used figuratively for the scale of a problem: 7ajm el mochkla. The word comes from Standard Arabic but is well integrated into Tunisian usage, especially in commerce and the media. For clothing sizes, people rather say 9yes or la taille, as in French. It is not used for sound volume, which is expressed with le son or sout.
Example
نحب ناخذ أكبر حجم متاع البيتزا.
n7eb no5ou akbar 7ajm mta3 el pizza.
“I want to get the biggest size of pizza.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ajm” but also “hajm”, “7ajem”, “hajem” and “7jam”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7ajm” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “size, dimension”; “volume”: 7ajm in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “size, dimension”; “volume, amount”: hajm in Algerian.