farez فرز

Tunisian Derja · verb

“farez” (فرز) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to sort, to separate.

Meanings

1. to sort, to separate
2. to select, to pick the best
3. sorting, triage (noun)

Usage

Farz, or farez, means to sort, to separate items according to a criterion: papers, vegetables, the good from the bad. Imperfect: yfarez, nfarzou. The word is also used as a noun (farz) in technical or administrative contexts. It appears in wa7det farz (triage unit in a hospital), farz el fwadhel (waste sorting) and farz el aswat (vote counting). In everyday use, the verb is mostly applied to concrete objects. To choose between options, people say khayer instead.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “farez” but also “farz”, “fraz” and “yfarez”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “farez” on the Arabic keyboard

In Moroccan Darija

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to sort, separate”; “to tell apart, distinguish”: frez in Moroccan.