famlia فاميلية
Tunisian Derja · noun
“famlia” (فاميلية) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning family, relatives.
Meanings
- family, relatives
- good, respectable family
Usage
Famlia is a very common adapted loanword in speech, synonymous with 3ayla. It refers to family in the broad sense: parents, uncles, cousins. One says famlia bouha, "his father's family". The expression ould famlia, or bent famlia, describes someone well brought up, from a respectable family. It is a frequent compliment when talking about a future son-in-law or daughter-in-law. Note: the word does not necessarily refer only to the parents-and-children household. It often refers to all of one's kin.
Example
مشينا لفاميلية أمي في العيد
mchina l famlia ommi fel 3id
“We went to my mother's family for Eid.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “famlia” but also “familia”, “famila”, “fémilia” and “famelia”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.