gorjouma ڤرجومة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“gorjouma” (ڤرجومة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning throat, gullet.
Meanings
- throat, gullet
- Adam's apple, larynx
Usage
Gorjouma informally refers to the throat, especially the inside of the gullet where air and food pass. It is used with a possessive: gorjoumti (my throat), gorjoumtou (his throat). The word is everyday and colloquial; in medical or formal contexts, 7al9 is more common. It appears in expressions of anger or threat, like chadd fi gorjoumtou (he grabbed him by the throat), or to say something is stuck in one's throat. Note: the initial g is a hard g, written ڤ or ق depending on the writer.
Example
قرجومتي توجع فيا من البارح
gorjoumti touja3 fiya mel bere7
“My throat has been hurting since yesterday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “gorjouma” but also “gourjouma”, “gerjouma”, “gorjoma” and “9orjouma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.