idhrab اضراب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“idhrab” (اضراب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning strike.
Meanings
- strike
- hunger strike
Usage
Idhrab refers to a strike, and the word is very present in Tunisian social news. It is used with famma ("there is"): famma idhrab, "there is a strike". The sector is specified with mta3 or a direct complement, for example idhrab taksiyet (taxi strike) or idhrab mta3 el-qtar (train strike). The plural is idhrabet. The expression 3mal idhrab means "to go on strike". The word is the same in Standard Arabic, but it is fully integrated into everyday speech.
Example
فمة إضراب متاع تاكسيات غدوة
famma idhrab mta3 taxiyet ghodwa
“There's a taxi strike tomorrow.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “idhrab” but also “edhrab” and “idhreb”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “idhrab” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “strike (work stoppage)”: idrab in Moroccan.