chghol شغل
Tunisian Derja · noun
“chghol” (شغل) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning business, what concerns someone.
Meanings
- business, what concerns someone
- work, handiwork
Usage
In Tunisia, chghol is used mainly to talk about what concerns someone. Typical phrases are moch chghlek, "it's none of your business", and ach chghlek?, "how does it concern you?". The word also means a job of work or a piece of work, especially when judging its quality. It is found in chghol ydin, "handmade", and in chghol ndhif, "clean work". For "job" or "employment", Tunisian says khedma, not chghol. The sentences found in the corpus are mostly Egyptian, where "chughl" commonly means "work". This usage should not be carried over as is.
Example
هذا موش شغلك، خليني.
hedha moch chghlek, khallini.
“It's none of your business, leave me alone.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chghol” but also “cheghl”, “shghol” and “chghl”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chghol” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “business, matter, one's concern”; “like, as if (in ki chghol)”: chghol in Algerian.