darja درجة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“darja” (درجة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning degree (temperature, angle).
Meanings
- degree (temperature, angle)
- class (train, plane)
- level, rank
Usage
Darja is used mainly for temperature: arb3in darja, "forty degrees". It is also used for travel classes, as in darja loula or darja thenya, "first" or "second class". It also expresses a level or intensity: the expression lel darja hedhi means "to this extent". Before a complement, the form becomes darjet: darjet el 7arara, "the temperature". The pronunciation daraja belongs to a more formal register. Note: darja is also the name of the spoken language itself, the derja, and context decides which is meant.
Example
اليوم السخانة وصلت أربعين درجة.
lyoum es-s5ana wselt arb3in darja.
“Today the heat reached forty degrees.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “darja” but also “daraja” and “darjet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “darja” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “degree (temperature)”; “level, rank”: daraja in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “degree (temperature, angle)”; “level, rank, quality”: daraja in Algerian.