bac باك

Tunisian Derja · noun

“bac” (باك) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning baccalaureate exam.

Meanings

1. baccalaureate exam
2. final year of high school

Usage

The word bac is a loan from French, fully integrated and in common use in Tunisia. It is almost always used with the article: el bac, fil bac. It refers to the national exam and, by extension, to the final school year: "9a3ed y9ra el bac" means "he is in his final year, preparing for the bac". Common constructions: "nje7 fil bac" (to pass the bac), "3ndou el bac" (to have the bac), "9rayet el bac" (bac revision), "bac sport" (the sports exam). Do not confuse it with the pronoun "bik" or with the English "back".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bac” but also “bak” and “elbac”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “bac” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “baccalaureate, bac”; “your father (ba + -k)”: bac in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “baccalaureate, the bac exam”; “final year of high school”: bac in Algerian.

How to say “baccalaureate” in Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian