fari9 فريق
Tunisian Derja · noun
“fari9” (فريق) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sports team.
Meanings
- sports team
- group of people working together
Usage
Fari9 refers mainly to a sports team, especially in football. It is found in match discussions, on the radio and on television. For a work team, many Tunisians say "ekip" instead, borrowed from French. Fari9 is slightly more formal and more frequent in sports commentary. The plural is fira9. It is often used with mte3 to indicate belonging: "el fari9 mte3na" (our team). The "q" is generally pronounced as a hard "g" or as a "q", depending on the region, hence spellings with 9 or g.
Example
الفريق متاعنا ربح البارح
el fari9 mte3na rbe7 lbere7
“Our team won yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fari9” but also “farik”, “fariq” and “farig”. 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 “fari9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “team (sport, work)”; “group of people”: fari9 in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “team (sports)”; “work team, crew”: fari9 in Algerian.