bakaloria باكالوريا

Tunisian Derja · noun

“bakaloria” (باكالوريا) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning baccalaureate (end-of-high-school exam).

Meanings

1. baccalaureate (end-of-high-school exam)
2. final year of high school

Usage

Bakaloria refers to the baccalaureate, the national exam at the end of secondary school, as well as the diploma obtained. In speech, people say le bac even more often, with phrases like 3and-ou el bac ("he has the bac") or n9ra fel bac ("I'm in my final year"). The exam is an important social milestone in Tunisia: families wait for the results together and the average mark determines university placement. The word is masculine.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

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

Type “bakaloria” on the Arabic keyboard

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