bezzerba بزربة
Tunisian Derja · adverb
“bezzerba” (بزربة) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning quickly, fast.
Meanings
- quickly, fast
- hastily, in a hurry
Usage
Bezzerba is the usual adverb for "quickly" in Tunisia. It is used with a verb: yemchi bezzerba (he walks fast), ahki bezzerba (speak fast). Doubled, bezzerba bezzerba stresses urgency. It is very common in the imperative to hurry someone. Depending on the context, it can carry a tone of reproach, like "in a rush", when someone acts carelessly. The word is informal and used in speech as well as in informal writing. It is formed from the preposition b- and the noun zerba (haste). Don't confuse it with the noun zerba on its own, which means "haste": fama zerba? means "is it urgent?".
Example
إيجا بزربة، الكار باش تخرج.
ija bezzerba, el car bech tokhrej.
“Come quickly, the bus is about to leave.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bezzerba” but also “bzerba”, “bezerba”, “bzarba” and “bezzarba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “bezzerba” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “quickly, fast”; “in a hurry, hastily”: bzzerba in Moroccan.