jalsa جلسة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jalsa” (جلسة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning session, sitting, hearing.
Meanings
- session, sitting, hearing
- get-together among friends
Usage
Jalsa refers to an official session: a parliamentary sitting, a court hearing (jalsa fil ma7kma), a conciliation session. In everyday life, the word is also used for time spent sitting together with friends or family over tea or a meal: 3malna jalsa, "we had a little get-together". The plural is jalsat. For a treatment or sports session, people also say jalsa or the French word "séance". The meaning depends on the context, official or friendly.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jalsa” but also “jelsa”, “jalssa” and “jalsat”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jalsa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “gathering, time spent together”; “session (treatment, court, work)”: jelsa in Moroccan.