ghorza غرزة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“ghorza” (غرزة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning stitch (suture).
Meanings
- stitch (suture)
- stitch (sewing)
Usage
Ghorza means a stitch, in sewing as in medicine. In everyday speech it is mostly heard for sutures: 7allouloh ghorza ("they gave him stitches"), or with a number, khmsa ghorzet ("five stitches"). It is feminine. The plural is ghorzet, or ghroz for sewing. In sewing, ghorza refers to a stitch made with a needle, and the corresponding verb is ghraz ("to stitch, sew"). The word can also refer to a type of embroidery or pattern. No particular figurative sense.
Example
طاح وحلّولو ثلاثة غرزات في راسو.
ta7 w 7alloulou thletha ghorzet fi rasou.
“He fell and they gave him three stitches in his head.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghorza” but also “8orza”, “ghourza” and “ghorzaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “ghorza” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “sewing stitch”; “surgical stitch”: ghorza in Moroccan.