dossiyet دوسيات

Tunisian Derja · noun

“dossiyet” (دوسيات) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning files (administrative).

Meanings

1. files (administrative)
2. cases, scandals (legal, political)

Usage

Dossiyet is the Tunisian plural of dossi, a loanword adapted from French "dossier". It takes the Derja plural ending -et. The word is very common in administration: people submit or follow up a dossi at the municipality. In political talk and on social media, dossiyet often means "compromising material", as in 3andou dossiyet, "they have things on him". The singular dossi is invariable in common pronunciation. It is frequently combined with metta3 to indicate the owner.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dossiyet” but also “dossiet”, “dosiyet”, “dossiyat” and “dossiat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “dossiyet” on the Arabic keyboard