charge شارج
Tunisian Derja · noun
“charge” (شارج) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning charge (battery).
Meanings
- charge (battery)
- charged (phone, device)
- charger
Usage
This word is a loan from French "charge", fully integrated into derja. It mainly refers to the battery charge of a phone or device: el charge wfé, "the battery is dead", yched el charge, "it holds its charge". It is also used as an invariable adjective meaning "charged": téléphoni charge. By extension, some people use it for the charger itself. The adapted verb is charja (ycharji), "to charge". The word belongs to everyday informal speech and is used by young and old alike.
Example
بالرسمي يولّي يشدّ الشارج
Berrassmi iwalli iche'd echarge
“Seriously, it's starting to hold a charge.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “charge” but also “charj”, “charje”, “sharj” and “echarge”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.