bta9a بطاقة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“bta9a” (بطاقة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning card (official, membership).
Meanings
- card (official, membership)
- ID card (short form)
Usage
Bita9a (or bta9a) designates a card in the administrative sense: bita9et ta3rif (identity card), bita9et in5irat (membership card), bita9a bankiya (bank card). The word belongs to a fairly formal register, that of administration and the media. In everyday life, the loanword karta, or "carte" pronounced the French way, is often preferred. To say "your ID card", one simply says l'bita9a or bta9tek. The plural is bita9at.
Example
نسيت البطاقة متاعي في الدار.
nsit el bta9a mte3i fi eddar.
“I forgot my (ID) card at home.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bta9a” but also “bita9a”, “bita9t”, “bta9t” and “betaka”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “bta9a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “card (ID, bank, SIM)”; “national ID card”: bita9a in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “card (official document)”; “bank card, membership card”: bita9a in Algerian.