four فور
Tunisian Derja · noun
“four” (فور) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning oven.
Meanings
- oven
- baker's oven
Usage
Four is a loan from French, fully integrated into Tunisian speech. It refers to the oven of a stove, electric or gas, where cakes, gratins and dishes are baked. It takes the Arabic article: "el four", "fel four" (in the oven). For the traditional clay oven or the neighbourhood baker's oven, other words are used instead, such as "koucha". Beware of the Arabic spelling فور: it can also transcribe English words ("four", the number) or the literary adverb meaning "immediately". Context resolves the ambiguity.
Example
حط الطاجين في الفور نص ساعة.
7ott ettajine fel four noss se3a.
“Put the tajine in the oven for half an hour.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “four” but also “foor”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.