disk ديسك
Tunisian Derja · noun
“disk” (ديسك) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning record, album, CD.
Meanings
- record, album, CD
- song, track
- disk (hard drive, brake)
Usage
The word disk is a loanword adapted from French "disque". It refers to an album, a CD or a vinyl record, and often, by extension, a song that one listens to or plays: hott el disk hedheka, "put on that track". It is also used in technical contexts for a hard disk or a brake disc. The expression baddel el disk, "change the record", is used as in French (and English) to ask someone to stop going on about the same subject.
Example
بدّل الديسك، سمعناها برشا.
baddel el disk, sma3neha barcha.
“Change the record, we've heard it enough.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “disk” but also “disque”, “disc”, “desk” and “diska”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.