dqiq دقيق

Tunisian Derja · adjective

“dqiq” (دقيق) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning precise, exact.

Meanings

1. precise, exact
2. meticulous, painstaking
3. flour

Usage

As an adjective, dqiq means "precise" or "exact": a piece of information, an announcement, careful work, or a meticulous person. It is heard mostly in a formal or journalistic register; in daily life, people more often say "mdhbout" for "exact". The feminine is dqiqa. Used as a noun, dqiq means flour. In town, people mostly say "faryna", but dqiq remains common, especially for certain flours (dqiq chou3ir, barley flour). Context distinguishes the two uses.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “dqiq” but also “d9i9”, “da9i9”, “dkik” and “dqi9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.

Type “dqiq” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “flour”; “precise, meticulous; fine”: d9i9 in Moroccan.