barbech بربش
Tunisian Derja · verb
“barbech” (بربش) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to rummage, to search.
Meanings
- to rummage, to search
- to dig for information
Usage
Barbech means to rummage by moving things around: in a bag, a drawer, a shop. It is also used figuratively, for "looking into something yourself" or "digging up" information instead of believing what you read. The verb is transitive (barbech fi = to rummage through) and conjugates normally: nbarbech, barbecht. The register is informal. Depending on context, it can carry a nuance of nosy curiosity: "to snoop". The corresponding noun is tbarbich.
Example
بربشت في الشكارة وما لقيتش المفاتح
barbecht fel chkara w ma l9itech el mfete7
“I rummaged through the bag and didn't find the keys.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “barbech” but also “barbach”, “berbech” and “barbich”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.