ftour فطور
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ftour” (فطور) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning lunch, midday meal.
Meanings
- lunch, midday meal
- meal breaking the fast
- breakfast (some speakers)
Usage
The meaning of ftour is a trap. In Tunisia, it primarily refers to the midday meal, while breakfast is usually called fter or ftour sbe7. During Ramadan, ftour refers to the meal that breaks the fast at sunset, which often begins with dates and a chorba. One says stad3ana lel ftour, "he invited us to eat". Some speakers nevertheless use ftour for breakfast, under the influence of Standard Arabic. Context usually resolves the ambiguity.
Example
طلبتها , ب زهر في كونجي , ستدعتنا لال فطور .
tlabtHa , b zhar fi counji , stad3atna lel ftour .
“I called her; luckily she was on leave, and she invited us to lunch.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ftour” but also “ftor” and “fotour”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ftour” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “breakfast”; “meal that breaks the fast”: ftour in Moroccan.