fivri فيفري
Tunisian Derja · noun
“fivri” (فيفري) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning February, second month of the year.
Meanings
- February, second month of the year
Usage
Fivri is the common name for the month of February in Tunisia. It is borrowed from French, like the other months of the usual calendar (janvi, mars, avril…), and is used both in speech and in administration. It is used without an article in dates: "fi fivri" (in February), "ekher fivri" (end of February), "l'khmsa fivri" (the fifth of February). The word is fully integrated and does not sound like tacked-on French. The month names of Eastern standard Arabic (chbat) are not used in Tunisian conversation. A French speaker will recognize the word by ear, but the pronunciation is simplified to "fivri".
Example
نرجع لتونس في فيفري إن شاء الله.
nraja3 l tounes fi fivri inchallah.
“I'm going back to Tunisia in February, God willing.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “fivri” but also “fifri”, “février”, “fevri” and “fivrie”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.