farch فرش
Tunisian Derja · noun
“farch” (فرش) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning bed (furniture).
Meanings
- bed (furniture)
- mattress, bedding
Usage
In Tunisian, farch commonly means the bed, often the whole set of base and mattress, and sometimes just the mattress or bedding laid on the floor. Size is specified with bou blassa (single, literally "one place") or bou blastine (double, literally "two places"), expressions common in furniture sale ads. The usual plural is frech. The word is not limited to the mattress: it really does name the piece of furniture. The verb form farech (to spread out, lay out) also exists, but the noun use dominates in everyday language.
Example
شريت فرش جديد بو بلاصتين
chrit farch jdid bou blastine
“I bought a new double bed.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “farch” but also “farsh” and “ferch”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “farch” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “spread out (rug, mattress)”; “expose, lay bare someone”: frech in Moroccan.