dafi دافي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“dafi” (دافي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning warm, heated.
Meanings
- warm, heated
- snug, well covered
Usage
Dafi means "warm" in the sense of pleasant heat or a heated liquid: zit dafi, "hot oil", ma dafi, "hot water". It is also used for a well-covered person who is warm when it is cold. The feminine is dafya. For strong or burning heat, especially weather, skhoun is used instead. In cooking, dafi is used for frying oil that is ready to use. The related verb is daffa, "to warm up". In recipes, dafi can mean intense heat.
Example
وقتها ارمي كعبات البريك خلّيهم دقيقة في زيت الدافي
wa9tha armi k3ibet elbrik khalihom d9i9a fi zit eldeifi
“Then throw in the briks and leave them for a minute in the hot oil.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dafi” but also “deifi”, “defi” and “dafy”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dafi” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “lukewarm, pleasantly warm”; “warm, well wrapped up”: dafi in Moroccan.