chbeb شباب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“chbeb” (شباب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning young people, youth.
Meanings
- young people, youth
- cool, great (informal)
Usage
Chbeb first means young people, collectively: echbeb ("the young people"), chbeb tounes ("Tunisian youth"). It is also used to address a group, as in ya chbeb ("guys"). In informal speech it is also a complimentary adjective meaning "cool, nice, good": film chbeb, 7anout chbeb. The feminine is chbeba. Context tells the two uses apart. The noun is neutral; the adjective is distinctly spoken and youthful.
Example
تشوف شباب في بلاده حاسس روحه غريب ,
tchouf chebeb fi bledou 7asis rou7ou 8rib ,
“You see young people in their own country feeling like strangers,”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chbeb” but also “chebeb”, “chabeb”, “shbeb” and “chbab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chbeb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “young people, the youth”; “youth (period of life)”: chabab in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “young people, youth”; “nice, beautiful, great (adjective)”: chbab in Algerian.