dars درس
Tunisian Derja · noun
“dars” (درس) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning lesson, class.
Meanings
- lesson, class
- lesson (learned from experience)
Usage
Dars first means a school lesson or a class: 3andi dars ("I have class"), raja3 ed-dars ("review the lesson"). The plural is drous. In the figurative sense, you say 3ta dars ("to teach a lesson"), or khdha dars, "to learn a lesson" from a failure. For paid private lessons, drous khossousiya is used, or simply "study". In everyday language, "to study" is said 9ra rather than with a verb derived from dars. The word is common in both speech and writing.
Example
ب رجوليّة درس كبير قدمته تونس ال عالم
B rjolya drs kbir kdmto Tunis l 3alm
“With valor, a great lesson that Tunisia gave to the world.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dars” but also “ders”, “derss”, “drs” and “darss”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “dars” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “lesson, class”; “lesson learned from an experience”: ders in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “lesson, class”; “lesson learned from experience”: dars in Algerian.