chrit شريط

Tunisian Derja · noun

“chrit” (شريط) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning video, film, recording.

Meanings

1. video, film, recording
2. cassette, magnetic tape
3. ribbon, strip

Usage

Chrit first means a strip or band. By extension, it means an audio or video cassette, then a film or a video. Today it is mostly used for a video or a recording, as in "chrit video". It also means a decorative or adhesive ribbon. The plural is chrayet. The word is common and neutral. For an online video, young people also say "vidéo" in French, and "chrit" may then sound a little dated. For a feature film, "film" is more frequent.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chrit” but also “chrite”, “chreet”, “shrit” and “chri6”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 6 is emphatic ta (ط).

Type “chrit” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “cassette (audio, video)”; “ribbon, tape, strip”: chrit in Moroccan.

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “ribbon, strip”; “cassette, recorded tape”: chrit in Algerian.