7seb حساب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7seb” (حساب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning account (bank, online).
Meanings
- account (bank, online)
- calculation, counting
- bill, check
Usage
7seb is used for a bank account and for a social network account, in phrases such as "7al 7seb" (to open an account). It also means calculation in general and, in a café or restaurant, the bill: "9adeh el 7seb ?". Several common expressions use it. "3al 7seb" means "according to, it depends". "Ma 3andou 7seb" means "he doesn't count, he is generous" or "he has no sense of measure". "3mel 7sebou" translates as "he planned ahead". In the plural, "7sebet" means accounts, accounting. Teenagers also say "7seb" for the school subject "math" (calculation).
Example
حلّيت حساب في البنكة
7allit 7seb fil banka
“I opened an account at the bank.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7seb” but also “7sab”, “hseb”, “hsab” and “7essab”. 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 “7seb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “account, calculation, bill”; “depending on (3la 7sab)”: 7sab in Moroccan.