blouza بلوزة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“blouza” (بلوزة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning blouse, light top.
Meanings
- blouse, light top
- work smock
Usage
Blouza is an adapted loanword from French "blouse". It mainly refers to a light women's top, a blouse. It is heard a lot in conversations about clothes and shopping: "blouza behya", "blouza jdida". It can also refer to a work smock, such as one worn at school or in a lab, but for school people often say "tablier". The usual plural is blouzet. The gender is feminine, like most words ending in -a. The word does not mean a sweater, which is more often called "tricot".
Example
شريت بلوزة جديدة للعرس.
chrit blouza jdida lel 3ors.
“I bought a new blouse for the wedding.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “blouza” but also “bluza” and “blouz”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “blouza” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “blouse, woman's top”; “work or school smock”: bluza in Moroccan.