bakkey بكاي

Tunisian Derja · adjective

“bakkey” (بكاي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning crybaby, cries easily.

Meanings

1. crybaby, cries easily
2. always complaining

Usage

Bakkey is used literally of a child who cries over nothing. Figuratively, very common, it describes someone who constantly laments, or even a whole group: "cha3b bakkey" (a people who always complain). The tone is familiar and mocking, often teasing ("ya bakkey!"). The feminine is bakkeya and the plural bakkeyin. Don't confuse it with bka (to cry) or bkey (tears).

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bakkey” but also “bakay”, “bakkay”, “bakey” and “bakkei”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “bakkey” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “crybaby, who cries easily”; “whiner, complainer”: bekkay in Moroccan.