bsata بساطة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bsata” (بساطة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning simplicity.
Meanings
- simplicity
- quite simply (b kol bsata)
Usage
Bsata means "simplicity". The word is said of a modest person or a clear style: "3andou bsata" (he is simple, unpretentious). Its most frequent use is the phrase "b kol bsata", which is equivalent to "quite simply" and introduces an explanation considered obvious. This turn of phrase comes from standard Arabic and belongs to a rather formal register, but it is very common in speech as well as on social media. The corresponding adjective is bsit, "simple".
Example
ما جيتش بكل بساطة خاطر كنت تعبان.
ma jitech b kol bsata 5ater kont ta3ben.
“I didn't come, quite simply because I was tired.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bsata” but also “basata” and “bsa6a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).