belgha بلغة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“belgha” (بلغة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning babouche, traditional leather slipper.
Meanings
- babouche, traditional leather slipper
Usage
Belgha means the babouche, a traditional backless leather shoe, often worn with the jebba at celebrations, weddings or on Fridays. It is found in the souks of the medinas. The usual plural is blegh. Pitfall in writing: the same sequence of letters in Arabic can be read b-lougha, "in a language" (the preposition b- followed by lougha), as in tahki b-lougha okhra, "you speak another language". Only context distinguishes the two. Neutral register, everyday and craft vocabulary.
Example
شرى بلغة جديدة للعرس
chra belgha jdida lel 3ors
“He bought new babouches for the wedding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “belgha” but also “blgha”, “balgha” and “bel8a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “belgha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “babouche, traditional slipper”: belgha in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “babouche, indoor slipper”; “slipper, house shoe”: belgha in Algerian.