boutoula بطولة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“boutoula” (بطولة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning championship, sports competition.
Meanings
- championship, sports competition
- heroism, heroic feat
Usage
Boutoula is the common word for a sports championship, especially in football. Used alone with the article, el boutoula generally refers to the national championship, Ligue 1. People say boutoula el 3alam (the world championship) or rbe7 el boutoula (he won the championship). The plural is boutoulat. In a more formal register, the word can also mean a heroic act or feat, but this sense is rarer in speech. Sports commentators use it constantly, alongside French terms such as "match" or "but".
Example
الترجي ربح البطولة العام هذا.
etteraji rbe7 el boutoula el 3am hedha.
“Espérance won the championship this year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “boutoula” but also “botola”, “btoula”, “bottola” and “boutola”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “boutoula” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “championship”; “the Moroccan football league”: botola in Moroccan.