anflounza انفلونزا
Tunisian Derja · noun
“anflounza” (انفلونزا) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning flu, influenza.
Meanings
- flu, influenza
Usage
anflounza means the flu, especially in the press, on television and in health announcements, for example in anflounza el khanazir ("swine flu"). In everyday conversation, Tunisians more often say grippa, borrowed from French, or talk about bard ("cold, chill"). anflounza therefore has a slightly official or medical colour. It is used without an article or with el-: chadditou el anflounza ("the flu got him"). Pronunciation and spelling vary a lot online.
Example
شدّاتو انفلونزا قوية و قعد أسبوع في الفرش.
cheddetou anflounza 9wiya w 9a3ed jom3a fil farch.
“A bad flu got him and he stayed in bed for a week.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “anflounza” but also “influenza”, “anfluenza”, “enflounza” and “anflonza”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.