amriki امريكي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“amriki” (امريكي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning American, from the United States.
Meanings
- American, from the United States
- an American person
Usage
Amriki is used as an adjective (dolar amriki, film amriki) and as a noun for a person from the United States. The feminine is amrikiya, the plural amrikan. It refers to the United States, not to the American continent as a whole. In everyday language, the word often comes up in talk about currency exchange, cinema, politics or imported goods. The spelling with an initial hamza follows standard orthography, but the pronunciation remains amriki. Young people sometimes just say "américain" in French.
Example
شفت فيلم أمريكي البارح، باهي برشا.
chft film amriki lbare7, behi barcha.
“I saw an American film yesterday, it was really good.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “amriki” but also “amerki”, “amrikia” and “amriky”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find امريكي and امركي, all the same word.