jomjma جمجمة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jomjma” (جمجمة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning skull.
Meanings
- skull
Usage
Jomjma refers to the skull, of a person or an animal, especially in its bony dimension: a skeleton, a found bone, a drawing. The word is feminine. It is also used in the expression "jomjmet rasou", literally the skull of his head. To simply talk about a living person's head, one says ras instead. Jomjma evokes the bare bone, which gives the word a macabre or anatomical nuance. The word is shared with standard Arabic, but it is commonly used in everyday conversation in Tunisia.
Example
لقاو جمجمة في الجبل
l9aw jomjma fel jbal
“They found a skull in the mountain.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jomjma” but also “jemjma”, “jumjma”, “jomjmaa” and “gomgma”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “jomjma” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “skull”; “head (informal)”: jmjma in Moroccan.