islami اسلامي
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“islami” (اسلامي) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning Islamic, relating to Islam.
Meanings
- Islamic, relating to Islam
- Muslim (world, country, community)
- Islamist (political)
Usage
Islami is an adjective of learned origin, but it is common in derja. It is used in religious, historical and cultural contexts: el omma el islamiya, el fat7 el islami, ettafkir el islami. It agrees in gender and number: islamiya in the feminine, islamiyin in the plural. In the plural, it also refers to Islamist parties and activists in Tunisian political debate. Context decides between "Islamic" and "Islamist". The form stays close to Standard Arabic, with the pronunciation "eslami" frequent in speech. To say "Muslim" about a person, meslem is used instead.
Example
النهار فضيل كيما اليوم سنة هجّريّة مباركة ال امّة اسلاميّة
inhar fdhil kima ilyoum sana hejriya moubarka al oma islamiya
“A blessed day like today: a blessed Hijri new year to the Muslim community.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “islami” but also “eslami”, “islamiya”, “eslamiya” and “islemi”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.