intikhab انتخاب
Tunisian Derja · noun
“intikhab” (انتخاب) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning election, act of electing.
Meanings
- election, act of electing
- elections (plural intikhabet)
Usage
Intikhab comes from Standard Arabic but is in common use in Tunisia whenever politics is discussed. In the singular, it refers to the act of electing someone: intikhab rais, the election of a president. To talk about the vote itself, the plural intikhabet is mostly used: el intikhabet el baladiya, the municipal elections. The associated verb is intkhab or, more colloquially, vota (to vote). It is heard a lot in the media, in debates and in discussions of current affairs; the register is neutral, slightly more formal than the rest of everyday vocabulary.
Example
إنتخاب الرئيس الجديد بش يكون الشهر الجاي
intikhab erraies ejdid bech ykoun ech-chhar ejjay
“The election of the new president will take place next month.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “intikhab” but also “entikhab”, “intikheb” and “intekhab”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.