darreb درب
Tunisian Derja · verb
“darreb” (درب) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to train (a team, an athlete).
Meanings
- to train (a team, an athlete)
- to train, drill someone
- path, alley (noun, literary)
Usage
Darreb means "to train, to drill". It is very common in sport: darreb l'équipe ("to coach the team"). The reflexive form tdarreb means "to train (oneself)", and the coach is called mdarreb. It is also used for vocational training or learning a skill. Written without vowels, the word can be read derb, "path". This noun belongs mainly to a written or fixed register (derb ennaja7, "the path to success") and is limited to names of old alleys. In everyday speech, for "street", people say nahj or zanga instead.
Example
شكون يدرب الترجي توا؟
chkoun ydarreb ettaraji tawa?
“Who is coaching Espérance right now?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “darreb” but also “darrab”, “dareb”, “derreb” and “darab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “darreb” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to train, coach (athletes, team)”; “to train, drill someone”: derreb in Moroccan.