jor3a جرعة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“jor3a” (جرعة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning sip, small amount drunk.
Meanings
- sip, small amount drunk
- dose (medicine, vaccine)
- figurative dose (of hope, of life)
Usage
Jor3a first refers to the small amount swallowed in one go. Before a complement it takes the form jor3et: jor3et me ("a sip of water"). In the medical field it means "dose". During vaccination campaigns, people commonly spoke of el jor3a el ouwla and el jor3a ethenia (first and second dose). Figuratively, jor3et amal ("a dose of hope") belongs to a more elevated register, close to media language. The plural is jra3. To say "drink a sip", use chreb jor3a.
Example
اعطيني جرعة ماء برك
a3tini jor3et me bark
“Just give me a sip of water.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “jor3a” but also “jur3a”, “jor3et” and “jour3a”. 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.