jom3a جمعة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jom3a” (جمعة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning Friday.
Meanings
- Friday
- week
Usage
Jom3a means Friday, often in the form nhar ej-jom3a. It is the day of the main midday prayer and of a family outing. In Tunisian, the same word, often pronounced jem3a, also means "week": jem3a jeya (next week), 3and jem3a (for a week), jem3tin (two weeks). Pitfall: only context tells the two meanings apart. After nhar or a specific day, it means Friday. With a number or a length of time, it means week. The plural is jma3at.
Example
نتلاقاو نهار الجمعة
netla9aw nhar ej-jom3a
“We'll meet on Friday.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jom3a” but also “jem3a”, “jomaa” and “joum3a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “jom3a” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “Friday”; “week”: jem3a in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “Friday”; “week”: djemaa in Algerian.