bechkouto بشكوتو
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bechkouto” (بشكوتو) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning biscuit, cookie.
Meanings
- biscuit, cookie
Usage
Bechkouto is the common word for store-bought biscuits, taken with coffee or tea or given to children. It is used mainly as a collective noun with no plural, for example "chwaya bechkouto" ("a few biscuits"). For a single biscuit, one says "bechkoutaya" or "7abba bechkouto". The word is colloquial and universal in Tunisia. It does not refer to traditional pastries, which have their own names, nor to cream cakes.
Example
جيبلي شوية بشكوتو مع القهوة.
jibli chwaya bechkouto m3a el9ahwa.
“Bring me a few biscuits with the coffee.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bechkouto” but also “bachkouto”, “bichkouto”, “beshkouto” and “bchkoto”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.