decembre ديسمبر
Tunisian Derja · noun
“decembre” (ديسمبر) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning December, twelfth month of the year.
Meanings
- December, twelfth month of the year
Usage
Disambr (or dicembre) is the usual name for the month of December in Tunisia. Like the other months, it follows the usual calendar and comes from French: jenfi, fifri, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, out, septembre, octobre, novembre, disambr. It is often placed after the date: "tnin w 3echrin disambr" (the twenty-second of December). For a period, say "men khamsa l 3achra disambr" (from the fifth to the tenth of December). You also hear "chhar 12" (month 12), especially for administrative dates. An English speaker will understand it easily, but the pronunciation is Arabized, with a rolled r and a weakly marked final vowel.
Example
نرجع لتونس في عشرين ديسمبر.
nerja3 l tounes fi 3echrin disambr.
“I'm going back to Tunisia on the twentieth of December.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “decembre” but also “disambr”, “dicembre”, “december” and “desember”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.