flifla فليفلة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“flifla” (فليفلة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning small hot pepper, chili.
Meanings
- small hot pepper, chili
- affectionate nickname for a lively person
Usage
Flifla is the diminutive of felfel, the pepper or chili pepper. It refers to a small pepper, usually hot, added to a salad or a dish to spice it up. The word is used daily in cooking. It also serves as an affectionate nickname for a little girl or a lively, spicy person. Note: felfel alone can refer to a sweet bell pepper, whereas flifla almost always implies heat. For ground pepper, felfel ak7al is used instead.
Example
زيد فليفلة في السلاطة
zid flifla fi slata
“Add a small hot pepper to the salad.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “flifla” but also “fliflaa” and “felfla”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.