chriha شريحة

Tunisian Derja · noun

“chriha” (شريحة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning slice (of meat, cheese, etc.).

Meanings

1. slice (of meat, cheese, etc.)
2. thin slice, sliver

Usage

Chriha refers to a cut slice, especially of meat or cold cuts: chriha lham, chriha jben (cheese). It is used at the counter, at the butcher's or when ordering at a snack bar, generally with a complement specifying the food. The common plural is chrayeh. For an irregular or thick piece, people say 9at3a or terf instead. The register is neutral and everyday. For a SIM card, Tunisians most often say puce, rarely chriha.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chriha” but also “chri7a”, “cheriha” and “chrihat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.

Type “chriha” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “dried figs”; “slice, thin piece”: chri7a in Moroccan.