barmil برميل

Tunisian Derja · noun

“barmil” (برميل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning barrel, drum, cask.

Meanings

1. barrel, drum, cask
2. large trash bin

Usage

Barmil refers to a barrel or drum, in metal or plastic, used to store water, oil or other liquids. It is also used for an oil barrel, notably in sour barmil el pétrole ("the price of a barrel"). In neighbourhoods it often means the large garbage bin, called barmil zebla. The plural is bremel. Informally, a stout person can be called a barmil, but this use is mocking. The word is common and poses no register difficulty.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

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

Type “barmil” on the Arabic keyboard