fiche فيشة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“fiche” (فيشة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning electrical socket, plug.
Meanings
- electrical socket, plug
- form (document, record card)
Usage
Fiche is a borrowing from French, adapted and very common. In the home, it mainly means the electrical outlet, both the wall socket and the plug on a cable. People say 7ott el chargeur fil fiche (plug in the charger) or na77i el fiche (unplug it). In administration and at school, fiche keeps the sense of a form or information sheet. For example, "3abbi el fiche" (fill in the form) is heard. The usual plural is fichet. Bou fiche can be used as a nickname.
Example
حطّ الشارجور في الفيشة، التاليفون بش يطفى.
7ott el chargeur fil fiche, ettelifoun bech yetfa.
“Plug in the charger, the phone is about to switch off.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fiche” but also “fich”, “fisha”, “ficha” and “fichet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.