chicha شيشة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“chicha” (شيشة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning hookah, shisha.
Meanings
- hookah, shisha
Usage
Chicha means the hookah smoked at the café or at home. It is often specified by the tobacco flavor, as in chicha teffe7 ("apple"), or by the type of pipe, as in chicha torkiya. People say tkayef chicha or ycharreb chicha for "to smoke shisha". The person who prepares the coals is often called el fa7am ("the charcoal"). The word is informal and very common, especially among young people. The plural is chichet.
Example
نمشيو للقهوة نكيفو شيشة؟
nemchiw lel 9ahwa nkayfou chicha?
“Shall we go to the café and smoke shisha?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chicha” but also “shisha”, “chisha”, “chiche” and “shicha”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chicha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “hookah, shisha”: chicha in Moroccan.